Marked By Fate
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Last published Mon, Mar 30, 2026
Emily has grown up in foster care her entire life.
No family.
No friends.
No one who's ever stayed long enough to matter.
Just Emily.
Alone.
Unwanted.
Unremarkable.
Until the day a man in a suit shows up at her door...
and everything she thinks she knows shatters.
Her real name isn't the one she's been using.
Her life wasn't an accident.
She wasn't abandoned.
She was hidden.
Hidden from a family that has been searching for her.
Hidden from enemies older than history.
Hidden from a destiny that should never have reached her.
Because Emily Ashford isn't human.
She's the last surviving heir of a forgotten Alpha bloodline - a legacy powerful enough to challenge kings and awaken ancient forces long buried.
And Blackvale University, the prestigious supernatural academy buried deep in the mountains, has been waiting for her return.
But nothing shocks her more than him.
Lucian Blackthorn.
Future Alpha King.
Arrogant.
Beautiful.
Untouchable.
And the moment he sees her, something in him breaks.
He's drawn to her.
Haunted by her.
Terrified of what she means.
Because Emily isn't just important -
she's his mate.
Fated.
Bound to him long before they were born.
Destined to either save their world... or destroy it.
Emily doesn't know who she's supposed to be.
Lucian doesn't know how to let her go.
And the bond pulling them together is only growing stronger... and hotter.
She was hidden to protect her.
He'll burn the world to keep her.
Some girls are born ordinary.
Emily Ashford was born marked by fate
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