Cara TaleSmith 

When a ruthless corporate war stripped Isabella of everything she held dear, she was forced into a loveless contract marriage with the Alpha she despised most—all to save her father. The cold, unyielding bond became her prison, suffocating her as bitterness and resentment festered. Just when she thought her life would be an endless cycle of pain, her former lover, James, returned to rescue her.  

But salvation came at a deadly price. Betrayed and lured into a fiery death by the man she once loved, it was her despised husband who risked it all, diving into the flames to save her. In her final moments, the lines between truth and lies blurred. Was her savior the one she hated or the one she trusted?  

Before the fire consumed her, Isabella made a desperate plea to the Moon Goddess: Give me one more chance... let me rewrite my fate!

When she opened her eyes, the impossible had happened—time had turned back to one year before！
Contracted to the Alpha is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Contracted to the Alpha

I jolted awake, the crumpled paper on the desk leaving lines in my cheek. The sweat that coated my neck, my pounding heart, the cloying sickness that clung to my stomach—all signs I had been having a nightmare before I’d woken up,  though I couldn’t recall what this one was about.


Seems I couldn’t escape them, even if I weren’t sleeping in that dreadful place. I sat up, blinking blearily as I eyed the clock on my desk. 


A week since that horrid confrontation with Sebastian.


A week since Ethan had frozen the fuel shipments. 


A week of waiting—-tense, restless, and unsteady. Slowly unraveling at the edges. 


I had worked myself into a sort of stupor in the days since. Partly, it was to keep up appearances—I couldn’t let Michael or Sebastian get suspicious. But mostly, it kept me from losing my mind. Kept the mantra from constantly ringing in my head. 


Chapter 74 - Smoke Screens