I don’t remember my name anymore, I’m simply Number 42. Locked away, Starved, Tortured, Alone. With only my inner voice to keep me company. Had my torturer finally driven me to insanity? 
As soon as the chance to escape appeared, I took it, my inner voice guiding the way and showing me a world I didn’t know existed. 

How do I navigate a world that refuses to accept me for who I am? 

I am Nate, Alpha of the Wandering Hearts Pack. Our world is brutal and unforgiving, and the weak will not survive long. With the arrival of my fated mate, and I decide to make her Luna. But the Alpha King has voiced his objections, and the rest of our world will fall behind him. 

My mate's wolf is formidable but her human form is fragile. Yet, I know inside her lies something intangible that hints at greater power. It's my duty as her mate to support her as she faces this world and her past. 

Will she be strong enough to overcome it all?

Alpha's Tortured Hybrid Mate

I smiled to myself as I stepped out of the counsellor's office and shut the door behind me. As I made my way through the busy waiting area, I greeted everyone that made eye contact, and simply nodded my head at those that looked as if they didn’t want to be there.


There was a widely held belief that mental health wasn’t something that strong wolves should care about as if shifters and other supernatural races didn’t have to deal with any fallout that life’s experiences may throw at them. 


If anything, I would have thought it was something that deserved to be focused on. Life as a shifter wasn’t easy. The way of life was often frightening and brutal for even the hardiest of people. They all deserved somewhere that could help them deal with their own traumas without fear of mockery or reprisals for being seen as weak.


As I exited the main entrance of the Pack hospital, the warmth of the last rays of sunshine fell across my face and I sighed happily.


CHAPTER 36