"Why are you so cold to me?" Lo asked. She didn't understand it. This should be a blessing to them both. Tristan stopped at the threshold of the door. She could see his muscular form tense, his large hands clenched at his sides. A thick silence followed; it was almost suffocating. Lo felt as if she couldn't breathe. "I'm no colder to you than any other." He spoke without turning back. Lo felt like her heart was being slowly crushed. "But... we are-" Lo fumbled with her words. "Enough. You are a child; you can't possibly understand the complications of our situation." Tristan growled as he spun around. His dark green eyes met her crystal blues with a fierce look. "I... I don't understand. My mother said you would cherish me from the moment we met... until our dying days." Lo said as she felt the hot tears start to drip down her cheeks. She knew she was young and naive, but she was no child. She was nearly grown. "She was wrong. I'm already mated; I will not abandon her. My father wants you dead. I shouldn't have stopped him." Tristan said with an icy tone as he turned and slammed the door on the way out. Lo could barely get her breath. She felt crushed, and it was more than emotional. It felt like he had just wounded her soul.

Althea, a unique werewolf with an extraordinary lifespan she has lived over 500 years, possessed with eternal youthfulness and remains frozen in time at the age of twenty-one. Despite being a seer and a priestess and a half werewolf , she has never found a mate, and this circumstance has destined to live without one. Throughout her long existence, Althea has dedicated her life to serving others. However, everything changes when Reed, a werewolf, declares himself as her mate. Considering that Althea has spent over five centuries without a mate, she is skeptical about Reed's claim. Why would she suddenly have a mate now, after such a prolonged period of solitude? But that is the least of her problems, there are forces in play planning to ruin the entire werewolf population and she happens to be in the center of it all. *** New chapters would be updated every Thursday, but the date might be changed, if any unforeseen circumstances happens. Thank you. This is a first draft and has not been edited. So excessive typos

**THIS IS A SAMPLE. The Greykin series has left Wattpad and is available in Paperback, Hardcover, and Ebook through Amazon and other retailers. Greykin Mountain and Greykin Valley are available on my Inkitt profile (T_Csernis) through subscription tiers, and Greykin Depths is releasing a new free chapter every Friday** • Season 1 of Greykin Mountain • When investigating the disappearance of seven fellow journalists, Jackson discovers Ascela's mountains hide more than wolf walkers and undead monsters. *** Jackson, a 23-year-old trans-man journalist heads to the remote, snow-covered mountains of Ascela in search of his missing best friend and six other journalists, all of whom disappeared after investigating the same thing: Greykin Mountain. What starts as a desperate attempt to uncover the truth quickly turns into a nightmare when Jackson is bitten by a monstrous creature and transformed into a wolf walker. Thrown into a hidden world of ancient wolf-shifters, undead creatures, and dangerous secrets, Jackson must learn to navigate his new reality. Under the watchful eye of the cold and enigmatic Alpha, Daimon, he struggles to control his inner wolf and uncover the mystery of the deadly virus plaguing the region--a virus that threatens both humans and wolf walkers alike. As tensions rise within the pack and darker forces close in, Jackson finds himself torn between his quest for answers and a growing connection to Daimon. With the fate of the pack and Caeleste-kind at stake, Jackson must confront his own hidden past and face the looming threat that could destroy everything. ❅ MxM Romance ❅ Enemies to Lovers ❅ Possessive Mates ❅ Mystery-Thriller ❅ Word Count: 260,000 ─────────────────────────────────── ✵ Numenverse year: 1332 | April & November 2023 Editor's Picks | {Alpha Awards 2023 Winner} 2022 - 2024 © Tate Csernis

Once a forgotten Omega, now the next Luna of the Blood Moon pack. Nova must uncover the secrets of her heritage while unraveling the reason her new mate is keeping her at arm's length. Season 1 of Lost Luna ****** Rescued from a wolf pack who abused and bullied her, Nova must relearn what it means to be part of a family, and that she, too, is worth fighting for. Finding it within herself with the help of new friends, Nova grows stronger and braver than ever before. But danger lurks along the pack borders and she must navigate this all new strained relationship with her mate along the way! #enemiestolovers #slowburn *** Complete✨ 2022 1,000,000 reads ~ 17/07/21! 2,000,000 reads ~ 27/07/21! 3,000,000 reads ~ 07/08/21! 4,000,000 reads ~ 20/08/21! 5,000,000 reads ~ 09/09/21 6,000,000 reads ~ 10/10/21 7,000,000 reads ~ 22/10/21 8,000,000 reads ~ 01/11/21 9,000,000 reads ~ 12/11/21 10,000,000 reads ~ 27/11/21 11,000,000 reads ~ 13/12/21 12,000,000 reads ~ 31/12/21 13,000,000 reads ~ 20/01/22 14,000,000 reads ~ 26/02/22 15,000,000 reads ~ 20/05/22 16,000,000 reads ~ 22/08/22 17,000,000 reads ~ 01/11/22 18,000,000 reads ~ 04/06/23 19,000,000 reads ~ 10/10/23 20,000,000 reads ~ 21/12/23 21,000,000 reads ~ 09/08/24 22,000,000 reads ~ 16/09/25 Top Ranked Tags : #1 werewolf (for 10 weeks) #1 beta #1 lycan #1 mates #1 luna #1 king #1 omega #1 alpha #2 wolf #15 romance #19 love word count 210,000 ~ 230,000 ✨

Following a massive discovery at work, Mila, a brilliant historian, finds herself tangled up with a dashing collector, Ulrik, who quickly seems to want more from her than an antique and mysterious Viking sword. Season 1 of The Collector ***** When she's offered the opportunity to curate an entire exhibit, Mila Connelly chooses to make it about Haakon Odinson, a legendary Viking she's been obsessed with her whole life. And when his sword falls into her lap after being missing for over a millennium, she takes it as a sign. But before she can uncover its secrets, a benefactor swoops in, dead-set on taking Haakon's blade for himself. No matter how handsome and mysterious Ulrik Westergaard is, Mila refuses to let him have it for his private collection. However, Ulrik's determination is stronger than she thought, and his charm seems more than capable of chipping away at her resolve. Despite the intense rivalry, their attraction to one another grows with each of their interactions. Eventually, their interests shift away from the relic, and it becomes a matter of time before one of them breaks. But who will surrender first? The devoted historian who has waited her entire life for this opportunity, or the spoiled millionaire who has spent years looking for the artifact? WARNING: This story contains mature themes and strong language that may not be suitable for some readers.

A genderqueer hillbilly and a haunted woman must break a generational curse that has entwined their lives in the abandoned coal-stripped mountains of the Pennsylvania Wilds. *** Desperate to flee a dark past, Finley drives off a cliff and prays to the ancient hemlocks below to catch her fall. But in the abandoned hollows of the Pennsylvania Wilds, everything comes at a price. Tasked by an undead Not-Deer, Finley must find the three talismans that mark the mountain's boundaries in order to break a century old curse, one that has not only haunted the women in her family for generations, but has also bound the supernatural beings to the mountain, including the dead. Fortunately, the handsome genderqueer hillbilly up the road, River Hawthorne, is just as eager [maybe too eager] to break the curse. Together, they navigate the woods where hungry trees walk and other demonic haunts roam, growing closer every moment. But breaking the curse also comes at a price and Finley must decide what freedom is worth when her past comes crawling back through the woods to haunt her. HEARTWOOD blends gothic folk horror with cabincore sapphic romance. Rated Mature for violence, gore, sex, language Content Warnings: body horror, alcohol/drug use, transphobic attack, animal death/hunting, DV/abusive relationships, generational trauma, mentions of suicide & infant death Rankings: 1 in #appalachia 1 in #folkhorror 1 in #transmasc 5 in #gothicromance 8 in #sapphic

An aspiring eighteen-year-old author realizes she is a character in an unwritten horror novel and must use her storytelling knowledge to survive. ***** Eighteen-year-old romance writer, Ima Jean Paige, questions the afterlife following the recent death of her brother, leading her and her friends Zeke Garble, Felicity Weiland, and Atem Tahir to the remote Ayahuasca forests for a private spiritual retreat. Although her search is for the meaning of life and beyond, she discovers an odd story outline in her notebook detailing and predicting the night's unsettling and bizarre happenings. Realizing they are characters in an unwritten horror novel, she must rely on the notebook and her storytelling abilities to not only gain control of her life but somehow steer the narrative toward a happily ever after. For fans of The Cabin in the Woods, Midsommar, and The Babadook! ***** TRIGGER & CONTENT WARNING: For references of suicide, drugs and alcohol, and mild sexual content ***** || Wattys Awards 2022 Wattpad WEBTOON Studios Entertainment Prize Winner (for film and/or television adaptation) || || Wattys Awards 2022 Horror Winner || || Wattys Shortlist 2022 || || AmbyAwards Horror Winner 2022 || || Editor's Pick 2022 || || NaNoWriMo Winner 2021 || - - Copyright © 2021 by L.L. Sanders