Ava Carter was a 17 year old orphan. She was a member of the Crystal Blue Pack. She was the punching bag in her pack, as people usually walked all over her, literally. She was the weakling, the outcast, the loner who no one ever bothered to get to know.

Until the night of her birthday when she overheard a conversation that left her with no other decision but to leave and never look back. She had never been outside the pack territory, so she had no idea what was lurking in the woods.

She ran into the most handsome man that she had ever seen in her entire life and he uttered one word, four letters that changed her life forever.
"Mine"

Jayden King was the alpha of the North Pack. He was the most feared alpha and was often times referred to as the alpha of all alphas. No one who trespassed on his land, ever lived long enough to tell the tale.

He was a very cold and heartless man. Until the night he ran into someone he had long ago lost hope of finding. 

Now he has her and instead of being the mate that she had always hoped for, he ignores her.

Bruised

The look that he cast my way was enough to make me blush and look away, my previous confidence slowly evaporating from just looking in his eyes. So many emotions ran through his eyes that made me overwhelmed and unable to keep eye contact.

On the one hand, I was terrified of what I was about to do later on tonight, but on the other hand, I was happy to know that I could elicit such a reaction from him.

/"Would you like to, um, take a seat?/" he asked, clearing his throat and scratching the back of his neck. I could tell that he was just as nervous as I was from that simple gesture.

/"Ye-yeah,/" I stuttered and cleared my throat as a way to ease the awkward tension in the air.

He led me to my awaiting seat at the table, and I sat down. The table was covered with a white table cloth and decorated with a few rose petals, with just a single rose in a vase in the middle. There were two place settings at the table, obviously.

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