Only fifteen years old, Alina discovers her mate... the one destined to love her, protect her-her forever. The werewolf prince, Alessandros. To her, he is everything. To him... she is a secret. Hidden in the shadows, their relationship burns with forbidden passion. He feeds her promises-love, loyalty, the sacred mating bond-and she believes him. She gives him her heart, her trust... her soul. But some truths are meant to destroy you. Because while he holds Alina in the dark... he stands proudly in the light beside her stepsister, Clarynn. And he was never going to choose her. The betrayal doesn't come from just him. When Alina finally confesses her heart to someone she believed would love her unconditionally, that trust is shattered in the most brutal way. Lies unravel. Blood ties twist into something unrecognizable. And suddenly, her own family becomes her greatest enemy. She is cast out. Sent away. Forgotten. Or so they think. Instead of safety, Alina is thrown into a nightmare-the most ruthless and deadly warrior school for "broken" wolves... a place designed to crush the weak and erase the unwanted. The one who sends her there does it with a single hope: That she will never return. But pain does not break Alina. It awakens something darker. Because fate is not finished with her yet. And when she comes back... she won't be the same girl they destroyed. She'll be something far more dangerous. And this time-she won't beg for love. She'll make them fear her.

COMPLETE #1 in Fantasy #1 in Adventure #1 in Historical Fiction ---------- Sometimes, believing helps us to see truth. Other times, we need a little evidence to believe. But there is truth behind everything; every false manoeuvre, ever little lie...a small piece of truth is hidden. Just like truth is wound into legends too. Growing up best friend to the future King, Arabelle never really thought her life could go wrong. Whenever she wanted something, or needed something, she would get it. Then she lost her father at a young age and Arabelle was forced into a world of dresses, balls, and lies. Being a tomboy, Arabelle would have rather been out on her horse doing archery practice with her brothers. When Arabelle gets curious and sneaks into a forbidden area of the castle, she discovers a deadly secret: her bloodline is sacred, dating back to a legend surrounded by the one thing she knows not to be true. Unsure what to do, she gets caught up in a series of events that lead to her being hidden and whisked away from the only familiar place she knew. After making some unlikely allies, Arabelle sets off on a journey to find the legend of the last dragon egg. Fate has something big in store for her; will she be able to withstand the pressure of it all?There is one thing Arabelle needs to learn to survive this new place... Some things are more than a legend. ---------- © Isabella Espe 2013 - 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. This work is unedited. Your patience and leniency towards any grammatical or spelling errors is requested while you read this story. This story was written in 2013, and the author knows there are a lot of errors in this work. Thank you for understanding. ---------- Credit to @Abyss-of-Crazy for the cover!