Lenaleia

For six years, I was Hazel, girlfriend to the future Alpha, Julian. I thought we had forever, a cherished place in our werewolf pack, even as a human. Then Mate Hunt night ripped it all away. I woke up lost in the forest, only to find Julian with her – his true fated mate. His words hit harder than the forest floor: I was just a 'placeholder.' Six years together, and he tossed me aside, his fingers bruising my throat as he growled that I meant nothing. My world, my heart – shattered.

Left for dead, freezing and injured, a different kind of predator found me. A colossal black wolf, eyes glowing gold, big enough to swallow me whole. But instead of tearing me apart, he curled around me, a warm, terrifying shield against the biting cold. For a moment, I felt safe.

That safety vanished when my pack, my family, found us. The Alpha who raised me, Maxen, didn't see a survivor. He saw a disappointment. Turns out, he’d only taken me in hoping I’d magically become a werewolf like my mother – the fated mate who’d rejected him. When I couldn't shift, he cast me out, branding me an omega, the pack’s punching bag.

Now, I'm less than nothing, surviving on scraps and enduring their cruelty. What they don't know, what I don't know, is that my monstrous protector is no ordinary rogue. He's Lykos, the wolf of Kael, the Lycan King. And Lykos has decided I am his fated mate – a human. Kael is furious, but his wolf has a will of its own, dragging the King himself towards my abusive pack.

My old life is over. My only ally is a creature of legend. And the most feared Lycan in existence is on his way. Is he coming to save me, or is the King's arrival just another nightmare waiting to begin?

A King’s Curse, A Wolf’s Claim

Milo's eager face peered up at me as I tried to reach Sera for the third time. No answer again. I shoved my phone back into my pocket with a sigh.


"Sure, buddy. Want to help me set up the beds?" I ruffled his dark hair, smiling despite my growing unease.


"Where does Sera go when she's not with us?" he asked, pulling blankets from a storage compartment.


Good question. If I knew that, maybe I'd feel less like we were dangling over a cliff without a safety net. "She has important work to do," I said instead.


I nodded, not trusting myself to elaborate. How could I explain that the two scariest supernatural beings I'd ever met were our only protection?


The RV felt smaller with all of us crammed inside. Leo was helping Amy organize our limited food supplies. Nathan and Sam were bickering over whose turn it was to use the tablet Kael had bought them. Pip was coloring at the tiny table, her tongue sticking out in concentration.


Chapter 115 - Peek-a-Boo Panic