Every year, two times a year, the Heat occurs. Unmated females with their first heats are let out in an expanse of territory where they are forcefully mated and claimed by the unmated males. This year is Cassandra's first heat. And she is determined to come back unmated. Note: Everything but cliche. This means - No male Alpha mate - No winning all the time - Fears from the main characters - A nice guy - No "mine" - No weak Omega mate - Grave injuries for the main characters - Necessary deaths (I'm not the author who writes the names of all the characters on a piece of paper and then picks one haphazardly to kill them)

There has never been a day where I didn't go without getting a beating from the people who was supposed to love and protect me. For the last 10 years of my life has been hell and I'm not sure how much more I can take. The crazy part about it is I haven't even shift yet. I'm Ruby Eva Hope and this is the journey of my life. (There will be sex scenes in this story, if you are not comfortable with that you can read the story and skip over those scenes but that might get you lost in the story, or you can just not read the story at all. You have been warned)

After an Alpha has given up looking for their mate, and they need a Luna to help run the pack, they will organise an event known as The Whipping. Female volunteers from packs around the country will put themselves forward if they wish to be in the chance of becoming a Luna. These she-wolves would be whipped in front of all the packs, again and again until their backs were red raw and blood covered. The last female remaining would be given the title of Luna as the Alpha would only want the strongest wolf to help run his pack. Most wolves gave up and quit as they couldn't take the pain, but some head-strong females would go until they were no longer breathing. It was an ugly tradition, from years ago. I had never heard of one happening in this day and age...until that day... Until I met him... On the day of The Whipping...

Ivy Rose is an omega, the slave and the abused of her pack. Omegas are important in every pack, they keep the peace and create calm. But after her father died and Ivy's pack was taken over by a dictating alpha she became a pawn. After years of abuse and being told she is worthless Ivy is ready to give up.... He is the executioner of his kind. He is the one the werewolf council sends to eliminate a problem. On an assignment to investigate the cherry creek pack he finds her... Broken and abused, ready to die, is this who he has been waiting for, his mate.... Can he save her before she ends it all?

Life is unfair, something that Zayne knows from experience. His whole life is unfair. His birth wasn't allowed, his existence hated as his mother gave him up to chase her own dreams. Punished for choices he didn't even make,Zayne has only known a cruel and bitter life with his pack, the life of an Omega. Through a twist of Fate, Zayne falls in the hands of a group of dog fighters and has to endure two years of grueling pain and hunger before the ASPCA steps in and saves him. All trust in humanity lost, Zayne wouldn't, couldn't trust anyone near him. Least of all the werewolves that are supposed to adopt him into the pack.

Summer Phillips is or rather was the Omega of the Blue Bone Pack in which she is forced to remain in her wolf form which is no bigger then a regular wolf but this is seen as small in the werewolf world which is why her pack treats her worse than you would a dog. The Alpha has got it out for Summer as he wants to get rid of all the weaker members from his pack as he wants to gain some standing as his pack is currently the weakest pack in the world and is also the most cruel.

Cathy is the omega of the Shade Pack; the runt, the failure, the disappointment. Things are never going to change- or so she thinks. A rogue pack is discovered trespassing on her pack's territory, and little does she know that the five rogues will change her life forever. But will it be for better, or for worse? Just when she thinks the drama is over, a secret that Cathy didn't even know comes out from the shadows and makes her question everything she's ever known. Not only does this secret have the power to make Cathy's hopes of happiness slip from her fragile fingers, it also has the power to stop her existence all-together. Follow Cathy- and her confessions- into a mess that will be hard to clean when it's all over. { there is a sequel for this story also, 'Revelations to an Alpa' It'd make my day if you read it as well as this!:D}

I am Sophia. This year I have to be in The Mating games, but unlike most of them I will fight till the end. What happens when Sophia's mate ends up being the most powerful alpha in the world. Will she fight or will she submit? Or will she end up fighting against something much worse?

Ariel is a girl who was unnoticed by everyone. At home she was a punching bag for her father, and sometimes for his pleasure. Ever since her mother died, her father(Bruce) began abusing her in many different ways. At school, she was the loner freak that nobody cared for. One day, on her 17th birthday, she finds her mate, Alpha Cole. Cole is the alpha of the Red Forest Pack, he is the popular boy at school, he had girls swarming all over him but all he wanted was his mate. Finally, on his 17th birthday, he finds his mate, Ariel. He doesn't know about all the abuse at her home and tries to get her to warm up to him. He already loves Ariel, but she is afraid of him and everyone else. They will both face heartache, pain, and love. Along the way, they will face jealous girls and boys and dangerous forces against them. Not to mention Ariel's father trying to get back what "belongs" to him.

**UNEDITED**"Are you going to love me, or hurt me?" I asked as I stared into ocean blue eyes. "Princess why would I ever hurt you?" For a long moment I couldn't answer, but I took a big breath and said the words I remembered from my father,"because I'm worthless. I am not pretty. And I definitely am not suit to be a luna or anybody. I'm weak and should not be a part of anything" I looked up to see him staring at me with hard pointed eyes.