When you wake up on your 18th birthday, your last thought is usually 'oh, maybe my best friend and boyfriend of three years are gonna get caught together by me' or it may even have been 'A totally hot guy whose name I've only heard vaguely and whose face I haven't seen is going to get me pregnant' those should have been the last things on my mind. So last that they shouldn't have come true.

"Oomph!" The sound rushed out of my mouth as the door opened before I could reach the handle and my body hit a wall. I took a step back and realized that it wasn't in fact a wall, but instead a very attractive male. I looked up at his head to see a very messy, but sexy, mop of black hair on top of his head. When I looked closer, I noticed that his hair was a very deep brown that was probably often mistaken for black. My gaze traveled downward to his eyes, where I found two deep, ocean blue eyes looking back at me. My gaze travelled farther down to his crooked nose, to which I assumed came from too many fights. My eyes finally found his pink, very plump lips, which were turned into a sneer. "You have got to be kidding me!" His pink lips said in a very offensive voice. My eyes turned questioning as I looked back up into his eyes. "Whatever, lets finish this. I, Ashton Carter, reject you, as my mate." He, or Ashton, said with venom lacing his voice. He quickly turned and walked down the now vacant hallway with no glance back. Rejection? On my first day? The first person I make eye contact with at this school, rejects me. I guess that's how this school works, if the hottest boy in school rejects you, you're a nobody. So much for making friends, or mates, or whatever they call people at this school. I shake those ocean blue eyes out of my head and continue into the office to start my new life.

Everyone has heard of that story. You know the one about the sweet innocent werewolf that finds her perfect mate- the Alpha. She's so overjoyed until she catches him with her best friend. Poor little werewolf runs away heartbroken and traumatized, then comes back years later stronger than ever, Everyone hates the best friend and the alpha eventually wins back his mate and they live happily ever after. Blah Blah Blah. But no one ever asked for the best friends side of the story, They just assume that she is a horrible person! Ever think 'hey, maybe she's also a victim'. No! Well I'm not keeping silent any longer! Its my turn to tell my side of the story. The side that no one knows. This is the story of the Alphas other girl. This is MY story.

2012 All Rights Reserved The Taming [Book 1] "I've been more than fair with you, Cassandra. I've given you time and more than enough space..." he paused, releasing a large breath, his heat radiating over my lust filled body. My body was ready and willing to do anything for him, even if my mind wasn't. I couldn't wrap my finger around why I felt this way. I've tried to so hard to hate him. A vicious growl knocked me out of my thoughts. "You want something to hate, darling?" His words slithered out of his very much inviting lips like venom. "I'll give you something." I couldn't put together what he meant until I was being yanked forward, forcefully, and thrown to the ground in a heap. When I looked up at my mate, one side of his mouth quirked up, and he was unbuckling his belt. Cassandra Erikson watched helpless as both of her sisters were lost to her by the Gathering. One sister ran away from it, the other is currently suffering from its outcome. Cassandra is now of age to participate in the Gathering, the annual event in which ten villages come together, having all of the he-wolves and she-wolves who are of age to be sent off into the woods, in hopes of claiming a mate. Cassandra has already found her mate, Gabriel, and she loves him. But wolves can't mate until they are of age, so Cassandra and the love of her life devise a plan to meet up in a secret part of the woods where Gabriel will claim her. She thinks they have it all figured out, for Cassandra refuses to face the fate her sisters had to bear. But, what happens when another male wolf scents Cassandra out in the woods during The Gathering? What happens when he claims her instead of Gabriel? *

Bolten grabbed my hand once more, but more firmly this time. "Vivian I know this is going really fast, but we're meant to be. You're my mate and we are going to spend the rest of our lives together. You're mine." "....YOUR CRAZY, I KNEW IT! YOUR KIDNAPPING ME, AND PROBABLY GOING TO RAPE ME TOO! STOP THIS CAR RIGHT NOW!" I shrieked at him. The car swerved, went off the road, and crashed into a tree. Bolten's face hit the stearing wheel and he hissed in pain. I was fine, other than the fact that I was terrified, shooken up, and being kidnapped... I quickly grabbed the door handle, and pushed the door open with all my strength. I stumbled out of the car, and ran through the forest, onto the road. Vivian Jones is an 18 year old girl who has had a rough life. Her mother died, her father ditched her, and even her boyfriend Matt is apart of making her life hell. Vivian's friend Sheila suggests breaking up with Matt because of his abusive ways. When Vivian tries to explain why she must break up with him, things go terribly wrong, and Vivian does the only thing she could do, flee to Colorado, and take Sheila with her. It doesn't take long before they both stand out, and catch the attention of two guys that seem to be strangely interested in them. "Mine" is a word Vivian constantly hears ever since she met Bolten, a hot, cocky, possessive guy that follows her like a lost puppy. One day, while trying to escape Bolten's constant smothering, she meets a cute guy who seems innocent. Too bad he wasn't. Bolten instantly rescues Vivian, but by kidnapping her?! It doesn't take long for Vivian to figure out that Bolten isn't what he seems, and neither is his friend, Marcus, who took Sheila. Both Bolten and Marcus share a shocking secret. And more and more shocking secrets are being uncovered each minute, each one darker than the other. And to what lengths will Bolten go to prove to Vivian that she is his, and only his to take?

Raven was just a young girl when the unthinkable happened. There she was, sitting on a rock in the sunny forest, when she heard some noises. It was a man, a stranger, who said all he wanted to do was "talk." He lied. He wanted so much more. She was kept in his basement, and tortured every single day. She lost all hope of being free, like she once was. Days progressed, and Raven noticed certain things happening, things that didn't make an inch of sense. Follow Raven through her journey, where she learns who the man really is, and why he actually captured her.