I desperately kicked my legs, fighting off the ice cold water, gasping for air, knowing that these few breaths would be my last. As the pain in my head slowly took over, I accepted my fate, allowing myself to drift away, into the icy darkness below that awaited me.
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Meet Larken Taylor, the girl who everyone believed was a freak. When she shifted into her werewolf at the orphanage she was raised in, everyone was terrified of her, believed that she was cursed and shunned her.
Without a friend in the world, Larken was thrilled when she discovered she was being adopted. That was, until they also found out that she was a wolf. They began abusing her, mentally and physically, leaving her skin covered with cigarrete burns and bruises, and her mind left to believe that she was worthless, ugly, and unwanted, as it was drilled into her head so many times. The only reason they kept her was for the money they received to take care of her, although it clearly wasn't spent on that. She was unwanted, hated, shunned, and treated as the absolute trash that she carried outside every day.
Until Hale, her mate, found her lying unconscious in a river. The catch? Larken now has amnesia.
As she slowly regains the memories of her abusive past, will they push her away from Hale? Or bring the mates even closer?
WARNING// Some scenes contain mature language, intimate scenes, abusive scenes, etc. Please read at your own risk!!
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I was cursed at such a young age, abandoned by my own wolf and the Moon Goddess for something that wasn't in my control.
I don't even think having a mate is in the cards for me...
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I jumped when the final horn sounded, circling the garden before everyone became silent. They all returned to their seats, my father rising from his chair as I stood from my seat along with the other pups. I struggled to breath as we took our position, standing in the centre away from everyone else.
My father offered me a reassuring glance though it did nothing to ease my anxiety, all I had to do now was wait.
My eyes widened when the moons blue light shined down on me, illuminating my skin as I stared up at the sky in awe. "We thank the moon goddess for the power of her light..." I dropped my gaze back down, my fathers words surrounding us, "...Shall it bathe you and grant you strength, agility, speed like the wolf..."
The pups around me began to moan in pain, capturing my attention as I furrowed my brows. Their features were all contorted by an invisible pain that inflicted them but I felt absolutely nothing.
My heart raced when their groans of pain became screams but I-
I suddenly drop to the ground, a painful throbbing in my head forcing me to the ground. I grip the sides of my head, screaming. I don't know how to explain it but it felt as though my brain was tearing in two, like my head was cracking open.
When the pain stopped, I found myself surrounded by wolves, the shifted pups.
Looking down at myself, I only see my body, no paws and no fur.
I hadn't shifted...
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Book 2*
'The Wolven King' is the first book and must be read in order to understand this one.
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WARNING!! This book is mature and should only be read if you are 18+. There are depictions of violence, mature language, sexual behaviour and sexual abuse.