Life’s Spiced Up with Some Werewolf Reads
After giving everything to save and love Alpha Damon, Aria watches him publicly bond with the woman who abandoned him. Heartbroken, she accepts a political mating to the cursed Alpha Kael—a wolf trapped in beast form for three years—to repay an old debt. But as she leaves her past behind, long-buried secrets and fate begin to rewrite her destiny.
I watched the words pour out of Damon like a dam breaking, each one hitting me with less impact than he probably hoped. “The pendant – your mother’s pendant – I’m so sorry, Aria. I should have returned it years ago. I kept it in my desk drawer because… because it reminded me of you.…
Kael moved closer, pressing against my side in a gesture of support and protection. I buried one hand in his fur, drawing strength from the solid warmth of him. From knowing that I had someone who chose me first, not as an afterthought. “I’m in love with Kael,” I said more calmly now, but with…
Beta long enough to read between the lines, to understand what I wasn’t saying. “She chose you,” Nina said quietly. “She chose Shadowmere. That has to mean something.” *”Does it?”* I couldn’t keep the bitterness from my mental voice. *”Or did she just choose anywhere that wasn’t with him? I felt her emotions, Nina. The…
Nina sighed. “There might be one option. It’s risky, and there’s no guarantee it would work. But… the moonbeam plants have been pushing back against the curse, right? Weakening it?” *”Yes. Significantly. I’ve been more lucid, more in control than I have been in three years.”* “What if we increased the dosage?” Nina suggested. “Really…
Because going back to Damon would prove that I was still waiting for him. Still willing to be his backup plan, his second choice, the woman he settled for when his first option didn’t work out. It would show everyone – Shadowmere pack, Blackwood pack, myself – that I had no self-respect, no boundaries, no…
Maybe Thomas was right. Maybe Kael did care about me in ways I’d been too caught up in my own emotions to notice. “I hope you’re right,” I told him. “Because I’m starting to care about him too.” ARIA It was true, I realized with some surprise. Somewhere between the mindlink conversations and the shared…
The news reached me through pack gossip, the way most important information seemed to travel in wolf communities – whispered conversations that grew louder with each retelling until they became impossible to ignore. I was in the pack library, reviewing ceremonial protocols with one of the elders, when Nina burst through the door with an…
But Kael deserved honesty. Or at least as much as I could give him. I carefully shielded my deeper thoughts – the confusion, the guilt, the small part of me that would always care about the man I’d loved for years – and projected only certainty through the bond. *”I’m choosing you,”* I told him…
The certainty in her voice made me believe it. Made me feel safe in a way I hadn’t felt in years. “Thank you,” I whispered. “For everything.” Nina hugged me tight, then sent me off to bed with instructions to get plenty of rest. “Tomorrow we do final preparations. The day after, you become Luna.…
“As long as you’re choosing me. As long as you’re committed to us, to our bond, to building something real together.” “I am,” I promised. “Tomorrow, whatever happens, whoever challenges – I’m bonding with you. I’m becoming Luna of Shadowmere. And nothing Damon Cross does will change that.” Through the bond, I felt Kael’s relief,…