Claimed by Alpha Zane
Seventeen-year-old Nina Storm has spent her life running from her tragic past, her dormant wolf, and the dreams of a mysterious man she can't escape.
Raised by her protective father after her mother's death, she has never stayed in one place long enough to call it home. But everything changed when they return to their home, the Moonlight Pack.
Nina discovers that her mate is Zane, the pack's Alpha... a bond that defies werewolf laws and the pack's expectations. Their undeniable attraction is dangerous, and their bond threatens to disrupt the fragile balance of power within the pack.
When an attack on the pack shatters her world, Nina loses everything, including her life. But death isn't the end.
Reborn, her dormant wolf awakens giving her a newfound strength and powers, Nina must navigate a world of betrayal, love, and vengeance as she unravels the truth about her family, her mate bond, and the danger threatening to destroy everything she holds dear.
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Chapter 4
"Are you going to be okay by yourself kiddo?" he asked as he caught me staring emptily outside the window of the car. I rolled my eyes to cover up the tension I was feeling "I'm not ten dad.. I can handle highschool" I paused and grimaced "Even if it's swarming with a bunch of human teenagers and raging hormones" A chuckle rumbled from him as he parked outside the school "I love you kiddo" "Love you dad" I closed the door behind me and sucked in a breath, preparing myself for the unknown. I went to the administration office to get my schedule and did the first thing that has been on my mind... register for the track team tryouts. Normally I wouldn't even be allowed to be on the team given the fact I'm not human... well almost... but since my wolf hasn't called out yet, I was an exception. Still, I was faster than most humans. A loud shriek drew my attention and I snapped my attention to the sound. It was coming from a girl, she was pretty with short blond hair and dressed like a rich princess. I recognized that crazy girl anywhere "Summer!" I squealed as I ran to embrace her. "I miss you so much Nini" she said, her head buried in my long hair. "I missed you too" I smiled to myself hugging her even tighter. She pulled away from me and smacked my arm "This doesn't mean I forgive you for leaving me" she said as she cleaned an imaginary tear off her eye. "I know" I murmured distracted, my eyes were now on a beautiful tall blond smiling at me and I furrowed my eyes in confusion. Summer followed my line of vision and when it stopped at the blond she burst out in laughter. "Who is that hot guy staring at me?" I asked still staring at him Summer scrunched up her nose "Ew... that's my brother" My eyes almost bursted out of their sockets. If I was drinking something I definitely would have choked. When did Chase have a major growth sprout. The dude was shorter than even me. How exactly was it fair that he now looked like a freaking model. Summer's laughter only seemed to increase as she saw the way I was gawking at her brother. Summer and Chase were the children of the Beta of our pack. Their status was way up there but we grew up together regardless. In a few strides he was beside us and bent over just to talk to me "How's the weather down there chipmunk" Yep. That was the annoying prick I knew. He stretched out to pinch my cheek until they turned red. I swatted his hands from my face "I see time hasn't washed down your annoying personality" I said scowling at him but that only seemed to excite him "That's not the only thing the only thing that hasn't changed" he winked at me and I twisted my face in fake disgust. "Okay lovebirds break it up" Summer put her hand between us like a ref. "Come on Nini, there's too much testosterone in the air" she linked her arms with mine and waltzed away. The day went by really quick. Summer and I didn't have any classes together but promised to meet after school and truly after the last bell, she was waiting outside my class with a smile plastered across her face. "So.." I said with a mouthful of chips that her butler placed on their very expensive table "What did I miss?" She let out an esparated groan "You know nothing ever happens here" "It's been the same old thing for the last seven years" she turns on the couch to face me "Hopefully I'll get out of her after high school" I hummed in response The grin on her face morphed into a crazy smile "But... the Alpha is single. His wife died a few years back. God rest her soul" she did an imaginary cross in the air and continued "My dad said he might be looking for someone knowing he can't find another fated mate" "Isn't he... old?" she laughed hard like I just said something really funny "He's twenty nine Nini, not prehistoric" she said deadpanned "And... he's really hot" "And what about your mate" She shrugged "I can just reject him" I blinked a couple times shocked at my friend's attitude. She rolled her eyes at me and sighed "Look... having a mate is good and all" "But being the Luna? That's a whole different thing" the look in her eyes were unmistakable. It was the same look she gave before she snapped a boy's finger in two on the playground when we were younger because he didn't give her the toy she really wanted. I always feared that part of her. She was really sweet but when she wanted something, she got it... at any cost. I was about to tell her all the reasons why rejecting her mate was a bad idea when the doors flung open. The first to step in was Summer's father, Beta Grant, then came Chase. The third person to emerge through those doors was someone I didn't expect to see... not so soon at least. Confusion, fear, attraction, I didn't know it was possible to feel all three at once. The images of last night flashed through my mind and I tried to duck my head under one of the pillows but it was too late. His head snapped in my direction like he could sense me and he froze. Panic flashed through his eyes for a split second but he quickly gained his composure, his gaze still fixated on me. I bit my lip nervously and he trailed down to them, his eyes darkened. Even from across the room I could feel the electricity in the air. The same one that made me loose control. Summer stood up hurriedly and strutted to them. She stopped in front of the green eyed man and fluttered her lashes at him. "Alpha Zane... we weren't expecting you today" her cheery voice was higher than usual. I lump caught in my throat as the air stilled around me. Did she just say alpha? I almost let out a dry chuckle at my cursed fate. I half expected the alpha to be a wrinkly old man, not the man that almost marked me. And besides there had to be some kind of mistake. I was a delta by blood. Our rank wasn't low but it wasn't high either. I couldn't possibly be mated to higher ranked members of the pack. Let alone the alpha of the Moonlight pack. I was a wolfless delta, my dad was convinced I was just a late bloomer but I always knew something was wrong with me. And even though I had gotten my wolf, my duty would be to serve the alpha in battle. Not get involved with him. He didn't give Summer a reply, didn't even look in her direction. "Who is that?" his deep voice carried authority as he spoke. How did I not notice till now? His aura, his composure, the crushing weight of his command. It was so obvious. Summer gave him a quizzing look before turning to me, her confusion must have left her speechless. "This is Nina Smith" Beta Grant signaled me to come over and pay my respect to the alpha. Despite my legs feeling like jelly under me, I managed to stand up and close the space between us. "Her father is Xavier Smith. Your commanding officer and Delta." Beta Grant explained further and Zane's eyes widened slightly. "This is Xavier's kid?" He said with a disbelieving tone. The way he said that irked my skin "Xavier's kid can speak for herself" I blurted out before I even could think and face palmed myself for being dumb as I felt all eyes on me. I expected him to be like off with her head for treason but after a long uncomfortable silence, a deep laughter echoed. Everyone including me was shocked as we watched Alpha Zane. His pearly whites peeked out as he laughed heartily. It took a moment before he could stop then his suffocating gaze fell on me. "She's quite feisty isn't she?" His question was directed at his Beta but he was too stunned to speak. "Come. We have a meeting to attend" And with a fleeting glance he left me there, utterly shocked and confused. But mostly confused. The mess I made because of my damn hormones were bigger than I thought.
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8.0
When gifted cellist Vivienne Aurel inherits her late father's catastrophic $4.2 million debt, she expects to lose everything. She doesn't expect the debt to be bought by Caspian Vane, the most feared private equity magnate in New York. Caspian doesn't want to ruin her; he wants her to work exclusively for him as the artistic director of his new cultural foundation for eighteen months. Forced into his world under a binding agreement, Vivienne prepares to fight against a cold, transactional cage. But as the intense, quiet proximity between them begins to blur the lines of their contract, she discovers a terrifying truth: the man who now owns her future has been watching her from the shadows long before she ever knew his name.
9.1
Waking up with a cold, scaly hand wrapped around my throat wasn't the worst part.
The worst part was realizing I'd transmigrated into the body of Terra Mason—the most despised woman in the entire Enclave. She drugged high-level beast-men and forced them into life-binding bio-contracts. She locked an aquatic warrior in a dry basement until his organs failed. She treated the most lethal males in the city like broken toys.
Zev, the Level 6 serpent who's currently choking me, would rather blow up his own heart than spend another day as my slave. His affection metric? Negative ninety. His trust? Zero.
Then my system activates: the Kore AI. It gives me exactly 500 credits, a medical nano-gel, and a recipe for neutralizing the radioactive poison in mutant meat. Real food. In this world, that's worth more than gold.
I save Rhys, the dying aquatic male everyone left for dead. I season a slab of purple mutant steak until Sam, a battle-scarred grizzly shifter, groans at the taste—and his trust points finally tick above zero. When my backstabbing ex-best friend tries to steal my males and destroy me, I don't scream or throw a tantrum like the old Terra. I dismantle her with the truth.
But earning their trust means more than grilling meat. A scorpion swarm ambushes us at midnight. Sam throws himself between me and a stinger the size of my arm. As he stands over the corpse, fur receding from his claws, he stares at me and whispers, "You were testing me."
Yes. I was. Because in this world, the weak don't survive. And I refuse to be weak again.
Four beast-men. Four contracts. One system. And a whole lot of steak. Let this dystopian wasteland know—I'm not the monster they remember. I'm worse. I'm the one who's going to feed them until they'd kill for me.
8.6
"What do you think people would say if they found out you don't have a dick?" Christian asked, his voice low and dripping with seduction. His hand pressed firmly against my crotch, fingers exploring the flat, unfamiliar emptiness there. A devilish smirk curved his lips. "Or if they discovered these voluptuous breasts you've been hiding so well?"
A strangled moan slipped from my throat as his hand slid under my shirt, his fingers brushing over my hardened nipples, teasing them with slow, deliberate strokes.
"Which do you think they'd call you?" he murmured, eyes gleaming. "A boy with tits... or a dickless little fraud?"
I stared into his hungry blue eyes, words failing me.
"The term you're looking for is 'girl,'" came Xavier's smooth voice from the bathroom doorway. He stepped inside, closing the door behind him with a soft click, his gaze raking over me with open interest. "So tell me, little girl... what the hell is someone like you doing in an all-boys dorm?"
Christian's smirk widened. "She wants to be devoured by boys like us." His fingers gave my nipple one last firm pinch before he leaned in closer, breath hot against my ear. "And I'll be more than happy to give her a taste."
7.6
Jocelyn Yang lived in the grand Turner Mansion, not as a guest, but as a prisoner. Ever since her father's death, the ruthless billionaire Elam Turner forced her to atone for sins her father never committed.
On her nineteenth birthday, a male classmate secretly sent her a diamond necklace. Elam, who had flown back from London overnight, flew into a psychotic, jealous rage at the sight of another man's gift.
He mercilessly crushed the delicate necklace into the marble floor with his custom leather shoe.
"Did you forget what you are?" Elam hissed, dragging her into a pitch-black storage room. "You take gifts from other men behind my back?"
He pinned her to the dusty floorboards and violently assaulted her. The next morning, a wire transfer of $500,000 hit her bank account. He had humiliated her, broken her spirit, and was now casually trying to buy her silence. Later, when a broken bike left her walking miles through a freezing rainstorm, he just shoved scalding tea into her bleeding hands.
"Look at you," he sneered. "You look like a stray dog ruining my floors."
Jocelyn curled up in the cold, her lips bleeding and her heart shattered. She couldn't understand his terrifying obsession. If he hated her so much, why did he refuse to let her go? Why did he look at her with such manic hunger while systematically destroying her life?
Staring at the massive sum of hush money on her phone, a desperate spark of vengeance flared in her chest. Jocelyn wired every single cent back to Elam's account. She picked up her charcoal pencil, vowing to win the upcoming art competition and buy her escape from this monster forever.
9.3
My father ordered me to marry into the cursed Vaughn family.
Their heirs were rumored to die young from a mysterious genetic agony. My sister Kayden laughed, saying she wasn't going to waste her youth planning a funeral. So, I became the sacrificial lamb.
When I refused, my father slammed his hand on the table and threatened to throw my dead mother's ashes into the city dump.
"You are a struggling actress with no money and no power. You have no choice," he told me coldly.
To make matters worse, my own agent drugged my drink at a business dinner, trying to sell my body to a sleazy investor just to secure project funding.
I was completely cornered, suffocating under the weight of their cruelty. I couldn't understand how my own flesh and blood could be so vicious, treating me like a worthless pawn to be traded and discarded.
But none of them knew that while escaping the drug-laced dinner, I crashed directly into the terrifying Vaughn heir, Algot.
When his glowing crimson eyes locked onto me during a violent episode of his cursed pain, we discovered an impossible truth: my physical touch was the only cure for his agony.
Looking at the dark bruises he accidentally left on my neck, I chose not to run. Instead, I pulled out the private business card he gave me and dialed his number.
"You need me," I whispered to the dangerous billionaire. "And I am going to use you to destroy them all."
9.5
He was born from the void between stars - a being of immense power, forged from cosmic origins.
For thousands of years, he walked among humanity, protecting them and keeping his true strength hidden. After losing the only family he had, grief led him to seek his own end... only to wake up in a world entirely unlike his own.
Here, cultivation is the main path to power. Those who master spirit qi gain superhuman strength, speed, and abilities that place them far above ordinary people. Four great sects rule the land, competing for resources, secrets, and dominance over each other.
Icaros joined the Li Sect, where he found companions he came to trust and care for: the capable and easygoing Li Han, the sharp and composed Su Yan, and the spirited Nelly. For a time, he felt he had found a place to belong, even as he kept his true nature hidden and wondered whether he could ever learn to cultivate like those around him.
Everything changed when their voyage was suddenly attacked. A powerful figure floating in the sky cut their ship apart with sharp, devastating energy strikes, leaving only destruction in his wake. Believing his friends had been lost in the disaster, Icaros chose to stop holding back any longer.
> "I am done hiding!"
He unleashed his full power: golden light blazed from his eyes, he flew at incredible speed, and he broke through every barrier and enemy in his way. On the shores ahead, he tore through hordes of powerful jade monsters, destroying them completely before flying deep into the interior of the island.
Meanwhile, survivors washed up scattered and alone. One young cultivator found himself on the shores of Jade Island - a place most cultivators avoid, as it holds no treasures or useful materials, only danger and endless deposits of ordinary jade. Yet despite the risks, ordinary people have built settlements here, finding safety from the conflicts and power struggles of the outside world.
This island works by different rules. Spirit qi is scarce and unstable, making cultivation far less effective than elsewhere. Instead, the people here rely on advanced technology - weapons and explosives that can injure or even defeat those with great physical strength. Here, skill and preparation can be just as powerful as raw strength, and even the strongest cultivators must move with caution.
Now, Icaros has vanished deep into the island. His companions are lost somewhere across this dangerous land. And the mysterious swordsman who destroyed their ship has already arrived here, searching for an ancient map said to lead to the legacy of a being from another world.
Will they find each other again? And can anyone survive in a place where the usual rules of power no longer hold true?
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