Her love is a weapon. It's killed before. And this time, she's sworn it won't happen again. Everyone at Blackthorn University thinks Kara is just another human girl juggling midterms, frat parties, and overpriced lattes. No one suspects the truth: that she's a Phoenix shifter, hiding in plain sight in a world ruled by werewolves and lycans. Even her closest friends don't know the fire simmering beneath her skin. But Kara isn't just hiding from them, she's hiding from fate. From the one thing she dreads more than anything else: her mate. She's done letting her love be a death sentence. She won't survive another loss. The scars she bears run deeper than flesh. So when Ryker, the dangerously magnetic lycan General, realizes Kara is his fated mate, she does exactly what she swore she would. She pushes him away. Again. And again. And again. But lycans don't walk away from their mates. And Ryker? He's dominant, possessive, and utterly relentless. He's a storm she can't outrun, a flame that won't go out. And every heated glance, every stolen moment, threatens to shatter the walls she's spent years building. As secrets ignite and her past begins to unravel, Kara must face the truth: Can she let herself love again, knowing it could destroy them both? Or will her lies-and the deadly curse entwined with her love-be the very thing that dooms them forever?

On the day she buries her husband, Elara believes her heart will never beat for love again. Grief consumes her as she kneels beside his coffin, tears falling like rain upon the cold wood. But in the shadows of the ancient cemetery, a pair of crimson eyes watch her sorrow - eyes that belong to Lucien, a lonely vampire cursed with eternal hunger and an empty soul. Her pain draws him closer, stirring something far deeper than bloodlust. As darkness and desire intertwine, Lucien finds himself captivated not by her blood, but by the fragile beauty of her broken heart. Can a creature of the night love the woman he was born to destroy? Or will his hunger be the end of them both?

patreon.com/user?u=78988691 Emily is a healer within the Blue Stone Pack, Cain is Alpha of the Fire Crest Pack. They met two years ago by the hand of fate and now are nothing but a distant memory to both. Loss and trickery clouds the judgment of both and leaves their relationship in a spiral fighting to be tamed. A she wolf with an innately kind demeanor and a confident alpha male with an instant disliking and mistrust for anyone come together in this tale of love and I can assure you it doesn't happen overnight. Love is a journey that we all shall take part in, aware or unaware of the fact, these two will grow together and as individuals. ------------------------ "You will be the Luna to my pack, that is a given, but understand; we will not be sharing a room now or in the future, we will only be sexually active for the sake of making pups, you are to be marked within the week and also introduced to the pack, you must also memorize our pack rules as some may be slightly different form your last pack, we will hold hands in public on special occasions but not often and any form of PDA is prohibited." He pulled out a paper and placed it in front of me. "If you understand sign below." I stared at the paper in front of me gathering all that my mate had said. This felt like a business deal. "What if I do not agree to these terms?" Cain's face hardened and I could see his form shake slightly as he fought back a growl, anger pulsed through our weak bond. "Then we cannot be mates and I will send you away from me, we will never meet again." I stared at the man in front of me and took no more than two seconds before picking up the elegant black pen stationed in a fancy cup holder on his desk and signed my name quickly on the required portions of the document in front of me. Once the pen lifted from the page Cain took the paper from me and signed below my own name as a witness and dated the document. I wondered with little humor if this would be our anniversary.

This collection of writings is a product of the ending of my first love and the processing of my first heart break. With love being lost I learned a lot about myself and what it means to truly love someone. It was a very difficult time that I know many of us have gone through before and I'm hoping these pages allow someone out there to know they are not alone. I've just added my soft launch of my first poetry book "Soulmates to Strangers" on my products page on my Patreon. If you are a current patron of any of my paid tiers, you can access it now for free! I will be uploading a writing from this book to Wattpad each week if you are unable to afford the $3 fee for purchasing my book in its entirety or if you are not already a member of my paid tiers. Thank you for your support as always and happy reading ❤️ patreon.com/user?u=78988691