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

We didn't have time to react or prepare as an army of wolves charged in our direction. I saw a bright flash of yellow from a distance heading towards me, but I was rooted in my position due to shock. I couldn't move. I didn't even blink as the yellow glow came right for me.

Instead, I closed my eyes and waited for the impact, and when I felt none, I opened my eyes. The yellow glow was gone. It didn't hit me.

That's when I heard it. I heard someone groaning on the ground in pain. I cast my eyes downward and away from the chaos to focus on an injured Jayden.

Just like last time, there was a big hole in his shirt where the energy burned through. The only difference with now and then was there was a hole in his torso.

/"Jayden,/" I cried, dropping to my knees beside him, tears forming in my eyes.

/"Why did you do that?/" I asked, frustrated.

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