Before Dr. Liam Monroe, Matteo Sanchez, There was Nathaniel Vaughn. In the back corner of a decaying precinct, inside a rusted cabinet sealed for decades, a forgotten file rests beneath dust and time. Stamped CLASSIFIED in red ink, it contains what's left of a man erased from every system. Burned photographs. Unreleased surveillance tapes. Shredded medical reports. And a name that once haunted the margins of every dark corridor in Texas Nathaniel Vaughn. Once a thirteen years old boy, barefoot in the dirt & standing over the bleeding body of his father. Nathaniel was born into a house that offered no warmth, Which means Abusive.. His Mom though disappeared without explanation & His Dad, an alcoholic Ex Soldier in Military Treated His son badly, Nathaniel's Disappearence was survival. The night Nathaniel fought back was the night he stopped being a child.. The world would come to know him as Dr. Liam Monroe, a respected child psychiatrist with gentle hands and hollow eyes. He wore kindness like armor. No one questioned his past. No one looked close enough to see the fractures beneath his skin. This is his Side of the story - Nathaniel Vaughn.

"Fate chose for them. Would they choose each other instead?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For her, Crescent Pack was home. Found as a baby and taken in as one of their own, she was raised with love and promises of belonging. But everything changed when she and the future Alpha chose each other without fate's blessing. The pack that once embraced her turned their backs. Now, far from the home that broke her, she must face a bloodline she never knew, and a choice she was never meant to have. With Leap Day approaching-a rare chance to forge a bond beyond destiny-she must decide whether love can be enough when fate has already turned away. Especially when her fated mate finally appears. And fate, once again, demands a price. _ Ranked #1 in chosenmate Ranked #1 in werewolfstory Ranked #1 in slowburns Ranked #1 in rejectedmate _ 🥇 Winner of Quilling it awards - Phantom Quill 🥇 Winner of Quilling it awards - Hidden Gem (best side character) Cover by : @ulstuki_art