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“P-please let me go..” I stammered and before I knew it, I was word vomiting while crying. “—I won’t return. You won’t ever see me again. I know you don’t want me as a mate. You hate me, so please let me go.” I cried out. 

Cain’s jaw tightened with each word that left my lips  “What gave you the idea that you have the power to choose what you want?” His voice was low, “You don’t get to decide what, how, and when you leave. Only I get to do that. You don’t get to leave me, you don’t get to run! You only leave when I want you to.” 

"I didn’t ask for this,” I whispered, trembling. “I didn’t ask to be your mate.”

Cain stepped back, “Neither did I,” he muttered under his breath. “But the bond doesn’t give us a choice, does it?”
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As the only child of her late Alpha father, Avery Jae was meant to inherit her family’s legacy. But on the day of her arranged marriage to Alpha Lucian, her world crumbles. Rejected, humiliated, and cast aside for her own cousin, Avery barely escapes with her life only to find out a much deeper secret. One that changes everything. 

When Avery awakens, she finds herself in a foreign land, caught by the ruthless guards of the Vehiron pack, led by the infamous Alpha Cain. Tall, broad and as dangerous as the army he commands. 

Alpha Cain has a reputation that sends chills down the spine of even the most dangerous warriors. Haunted by his dark past, he has vowed never to take a mate, yet the moment he lays eyes on Avery, everything changes.

With a single word, Avery is bound to Cain—whether he wants it or not. In a world where betrayal runs deep, can Avery ever trust the alpha who might just be her worst enemy.

Betrayed by Blood, Claimed by the Alpha

Avery sat curled up on her bed, her knees pulled to her chest as quiet tears slid down her cheeks. She couldn't stop replaying Cain's harsh words, the anger in his voice when all she had done was help. She honestly wished she had just stayed back in the room and not gone anywhere. Today was her break from the incessant troubles she had been put through since she arrived at his pack, and even today, she couldn't have a break.

She wiped her tears roughly. Her chest tightened as his words echoed in her head again. Was that really what he thought of her? All those words he said, the rage in his eyes. She shuddered internally, rubbing her wrist gently. She looked at it again; it was angry red from how tight he had held her. What did she do that was even so bad? Why was he so bothered over something a random warrior said? It wasn't like he wanted her, so why?

A knock on the door startled her. She quickly wiped her face and sat up.

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