Cold as Ice

Why is it always the male Alpha that is an asshole? Why does his mate eventually submit to his change of heart?

Alpha Royce Jaekel came to renew a treaty with the Procelleraum Pack, only to find a mate with a lower rank than he wanted to settle for. Sure, she could nearly look him in the eye, and while thin, there was nothing that screamed delicate about her, but breeding had to count for something. All she had was a Gamma's daughter for a mother, who couldn't even survive bringing an Omega's bastard's child into the world. In typical egotistical fashion, he intends to push her to her breaking point, to see what her real worth was. Too bad he intended to do that by not keeping his dick in his pants.

Thea Rindle is the heir of Procelleraum's ancient Gamma bloodline, as well as it's notorious fallen Omega's line. She and her father have a chip on their shoulder, and are out to reclaim their lost status. The only problem is that her most stable choice is through a man-whore who went out his way to insult her intelligence, repeatedly.

If this was a world where only one mate was ever given, they'd be forced to be together, but they are not. Not that many outside of an Alpha lineage knew about other chances for mates, though. It was a secret that could rock the very foundations of their people's culture. But those who knew would find ways to wield other options to their advantage.

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So many tropes are tied up in werewolves that we just retell the behavior without ever attempting to understand why these not quite human creatures act the way they do. But what if there was reason behind the parts that don't make sense?

No, I don't write smut for smut's sake. There will be explicit moments, but only because they're necessary to the story being told. And I won't spend a lot of time warning about contents. Consider yourself warned.