They don't know her name, so they call her The Shadow. She lurks in the darkness of the night, stealing from Alphas and laughing in their faces as to how easy it was for her to get as close as the width of her finger to the most powerful being for miles without a single scratch on her skin. Some say she belonged to a pack once, some call her a rogue- but how can a savage omega have such discipline and balance to her skillful crimes as she?
Anastasia Beauregard held an intimidating reputation as The Shadow, but no one truly knows her history. At five years old, her pack was mysteriously destroyed by a fire, claiming to have no survivors. Ana was able to escape and live on her own all these years, and packs around the world wonder what exactly happened to the Delemont Pack and why that fire happened. As descendants of the original Alpha and Luna of the Delemont Pack, they seemed to be one of the strongest packs in their generation. Too little to know why her pack was destroyed, she only remembers vivid scenes of the horrific death of her people. One phrase from her father just moments before the destruction she can recall, "Survive, Anastasia. Depend on no one, seek no help, just survive."
And that she has.
Alpha Alister Hood laughed at the mention of The Shadow. She had struck every powerful pack in North America but his, which obviously made him confident in the fact that she was intimidated by the most powerful pack on the continent. I mean, who wasn't intimidated by The Montreaux Pack? They were strong, they outnumbered any pack by at least one hundred wolves, and while they had many allies they also held no mercy for traitors. He also had his pack's pure descendant blood coursing through his veins. His heritage, demeanor, and pack deemed him untouchable.
Little did Alpha Alister Hood know, her arrival was yet to come... and she was sure to make her appearance a great one.
Kylie survived the brutal destruction of her pack only to discover her cold alpha mate was the one responsible for the brutal slaughter of her family and pack mates. She can't forgive and she won't forget.
Kylie cooperates with his demands while she searches for a way to free the remaining survivors and herself. Success teaches her just how complicated mate bonds can be and gives her the chance to choose her own fate.
"Screw the mate bond. If I went for his throat while he was driving in human form, I might be able to kill him right now, and if I didn't succeed, the resulting accident might. I leapt for the front seat, powerful jaw ready to rip out his throat as he had ripped out my family's to take my revenge.
Without even taking his left hand off the wheel, he blocked me by getting his right forearm between my jaws. I bit down as hard as I could, wishing to break his bones and sever the limb. Worse, I felt the tingles of our first contact where violence had connected us. The iron of his blood mingled with the other scents around me."
(This is a dark story, but not the stereotypical one where she falls in love with her captor. This is the story of escape from a toxic relationship and finding healthy love.)
MATURE content including violence, dubious consent, intimacy, and mature and other possibility upsetting themes like threats of suicide and miscarriage. Not intended for the 18- crowd, sorry.
#1 in Protective (10/23/21, 02/02/22)
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