ginandroses

Orphaned at a young age, Lily was taken in by a family who promised her a home but delivered only cruelty. Constantly disrespected and physically abused, she spent every waking moment dreaming of an escape from the nightmare that was her life.

Then, one fateful day, Lily's path crosses with him—the wicked, ruthless Alpha whose name strikes fear into the hearts of all who hear it. But instead of fear, Lily feels something far more dangerous.

Because the Alpha doesn't just want her to fear him.

He wants her to be her mate.

Breaking Free - Claimed By The Alpha

I couldn't lie to myself, nor to him, about what I felt the moment I first saw him at the hospital. When he jumped through the window and shifted into his human form, whatever stirred inside me was real. I couldn't deny that feeling, and worse—I couldn't stop it from growing.

Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run into his arms, to wrap myself around him and claim him as mine. To be his forever. But I couldn't.

He was everything I had spent my life opposing. He embraced violence, lived by it, made a living from it. Yes, wolves had the ability to heal quickly after a fight, but that didn't change the fact that every time he stepped into the ring, he was willing to kill.

And I knew all too well what it meant to live with someone violent. I refused to relive that nightmare again.

What a cruel joke for fate to make him my mate.

Chapter thirteen