Renee Ludgens earned her scholarship to Castleton Academy through brilliance and grit, but she never imagined the ultra-wealthy students hiding the school's real secret: their families are werewolves, and lycanthropy is hereditary privilege. When Xander Volkin, heir to the most powerful pack, bites her in a desperate bid to escape his engagement to a sadistic woman of his kind, Renee is thrust into supernatural politics she doesn't understand and bonded to a boy she despises. The bite creates a connection, Ingal. She feels his emotions, he feels hers, and if she dies during transformation, he dies too. Now she must survive her first shift while navigating wolf society's byzantine rules, where her working-class status makes her "disposable," and her new "fiancé" is both her only ally and the person who destroyed her life. But as Renee uncovers the extent of this new cruel world of her, she realizes survival isn't enough, she needs to burn everything down.

They said the Hunt was sacred. That if I was chosen, it meant fate. But fate didn't feel like a mouth on my skin or claws at my back. It felt like blood. Mine. For years, I stayed hidden. Quiet. Unclaimed. I stole seeds from the state fields, grew food in secret, fed my family from soil and silence. I did everything right - stayed beneath their radar, beneath their noses. I didn't make waves. I didn't ask for more. But monsters never forget a scent. And when the Hunt came, I was scented. Tracked. Taken. I stabbed him. I buried the blade in his shoulder and watched him bleed. It didn't matter. Because he still bit me. And the world saw. Now my face is on every screen. The girl who didn't run. The girl who fought back. Some call me a rebel. Some call me a mate. But they all forget one thing. I wasn't made to be claimed. I was made to survive. And if they want to collar me, cage me, crown me - they'll have to reckon with everything I've kept buried beneath the roots. Because I am not the flower. I'm the fire beneath it. Rewrite version of formerly known book Escaping the monsters Embrace

Arisme was born into the Blood Moon Pack, one of the most feared and ruthless wolf clans. But unlike the other wolves, she has never spoken a word. Stricken with selective mutism, Arisme is branded weak by her father-the brutal Beta who rules her life with fists and cruelty. In a pack where strength is survival and silence is shame, she is nothing more than a ghost. But the Moon Goddess doesn't make mistakes. On the night of her first shift, Arisme feels the bond-an invisible thread tying her soul to a mate she has never met. For two years, she has felt his presence burning across the distance, growing stronger with every moon. She doesn't know his name. She doesn't know his face. What she doesn't realize is that he has been searching for her. Kane, the notorious Alpha of the Skull Pack, has been hunting for his mate for five long years. To his enemies, he is ruthless, cold, and feared. To Arisme, he will be something else entirely-her protector, her weakness, her undoing. But in a world where packs wage bloody wars and alliances are built on betrayal, their bond could ignite conflict that consumes them both. Arisme must find her voice-not only to claim her place as Kane's mate, but to survive the wrath of her father and the storm that threatens to tear their world apart. A silent girl. A scarred Alpha. A bond that could shatter empires.

The Wulvers Series Book 6 #79 in magic #198 in paranormal "The path I choose will decide my fate; to follow tradition, or to break it." ~ Raeghan Ava Lyall As the female first born of an Alpha Pair like my mother before me, I knew it would be easy to settle for the same fate as her; to have my life choices come down to mating and becoming an Alpha Female, or never rising above the rank of Beta. I choose neither. Every day, I live to prove I should be heir and one day take my father's place as Alpha of the Western Pack in Scotland. Such ambitions challenge an age old tradition that make enemies of Wulvers who cling to their ancient ways. And most do, which means few dare to stand at my side. The lonely fight is tiring, and after so many years I'm left with an unsettling question: if the council and my father continue to refuse my claim, what do I have left? My cousin Fenna might provide a much needed chance at finding a sense of equilibrium within myself again. Her mate's pack live in deep the Scandinavian wilderness and their Alpha Pair promise they can mould me into a worthy heir for my pack. But going there means being near Ebbe, a male who grew up in fur more than skin and sees things so differently from me. A male who tempts me to break a rule I made. And if I do, it could destroy everything I've worked for.

It has been 12 years since the Lycan emerged from the shadows and conquered the world. Today, North America is divided into two dozen Territories overseen by the Centrality, and the humans within those Territories live in poverty and fear. Despite a difficult upbringing in the poorest Burrow in one of the harshest Territories, Noa Bordeaux has worked hard and secured a position at one of the few operating universities left in North America in hopes that she'll be able to one day help rebuild her home. Her plans are completely derailed, however, when she learns that her worst fears have come true. She's mated to a monster. Desperate to avoid a fate she deems to be worse than death, she runs with the help of her childhood best friend and the human Resistance. But fate won't let her escape that easily...

𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 ☾ When a rogue stumbles onto a pack's land, belly ripped open and minutes from death, all she can hope for is a little mercy-and a chance to survive. All Rosie has ever known is life beside her so-called mate, the one who brutally claimed her as a teen and forced her to abandon her pack. Now, she's on the run, and he will stop at 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 to drag her back. If she wants to live, she has to keep running. Only, there's an infuriating Alpha that refuses to let her go. Of all the ways Luca fantasized of finding his mate, it was never like that- a rogue, bleeding out, barely clinging to life... And already bearing the claim of another, a male she believes to be her mate. Worst of all? She doesn't feel the bond, leaving him with a very one-sided need to sink his teeth into her. Yet fate is relentless. If Rosie wants the freedom she's fought so hard for, she'll have to see the truth for herself-that the male she calls her mate may not be the one fate intended for her. And Luca? He'll have to win her the old way. Not with the bond, but with 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. ☾ ☾ ☾ "You're not letting me go," she whispered, pulse hammering. Her fingers curled into fists. Fight. Run. But what was the point? He had already decided. And Goddess help her, she felt it in the way he looked at her. Like she was 𝘩𝘪𝘴 to command. How dare he? This was a sentence, not protection. But instead of terror, instead of disgust- her traitorous body 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. Because he was breathtaking when he took command, when that raw, untamed authority bled from his storm-gray eyes, pinning her in place, jaw clenched like he was barely restraining himself. "𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙠𝙚."

Sari faces her most daunting challenges yet as she grapples with newfound powers and the weight of devastating loss. Following the brutal attack on the Castle, a once-sacred stronghold now reduced to blood and stone, Sari must navigate the chaos of a war that seems increasingly unwinnable. Sari and the pack find themselves in a tough position, where winning this war seems like something unachievable. After Aven suffers a tremendous loss, Sari must do everything she can to try to turn the tides of the war--and she soon finds that enemies can be found within the pack, still. In a world where loyalty is tested and sacrifices are inevitable, the fate of their pack hangs in the balance. The Burning Moon is the final book in the Legend of the Moons trilogy, and closes Sari's journey as she found her way in a new world.

When omega Lilah is mated to the most powerful alpha in centuries, she must find a way to break the bond tethering her to the world's most infuriating and handsome man - or risk her dangerous past catching up to her. Season 1 of The Shadowlight Series *** Lilah Peterson is an expert on running. Fleeing from a traumatic past, she finds temporary sanctuary at Opal House, where she's willing to put up with sniping from vicious wolves if it means staying hidden. But when the infuriating-but-handsome alpha Beau Renwater imprints on her, everything is thrown into turmoil. Their mutual disdain aside, Lilah can't risk her former captor finding her, and Beau can't have a helpless omega for a mate. Desperate to break the tether, the two reluctantly team up and embark on a frantic journey to stop the bond's progression. But when wolves attack Opal House, Lilah realizes that her captor may be closer than she thinks. Even worse, she's keeping a secret so big that other packs are willing to kill for it. And the longer their mate bond lasts, the harder it is for Lilah to stay away from Beau. In a treacherous world where nothing is more dangerous than love, can Lilah find a way to break the mating bond and run for her life - or will her past catch up to her first? CONTENT WARNING: This story contains depictions of violence that may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

"Love is just another kind of power. The only question is-who holds it, and who is foolish enough to give it away?" At eighteen, Ira was forced into marriage with a man she did not love-an aging, wealthy noble whose power kept her safe but caged. Now, with his death, his fortune, influence, and enemies are hers to inherit. As the only human wielding true power in a society ruled by werewolves, Ira is both envied and despised. Some want to control her, others want to see her fall, and one in the shadows might want something far more dangerous. But when Ira crosses paths with the Alpha King, a man who never takes interest in humans, everything changes. His attention is as intoxicating as it is dangerous, a promise wrapped in steel. And in the shadows, watching her with a sharper, quieter kind of hunger, stands the Beta-a man even more dangerous than the king himself. Torn between two men who should be her enemies and a world waiting for her downfall, Ira must navigate a game of power, betrayal, and whispered temptation. Because in a world where love is just another form of control, the only way to survive is to master the game-or be devoured by it.

Lily Breighton will do anything to save her dying father. Even trespass in forbidden werewolf territory to find a legendary healing flower. But when she's caught by the territory's cursed alpha, she strikes a dangerous bargain: one year as his pack's healer in exchange for the cure. As Lily works to ease the pack's suffering, the line between healer and patient begins to blur, and she discovers that breaking a blood curse might cost her more than just her freedom-it might cost her heart.