Heart of An Alpha

Five years. Five years of waiting. Five years of loving him in secret. She thought she knew the truth-until the night everything shattered. Trapped between a man who wants to destroy her and the wolf inside the one she loves, she must fight to survive... and to save him. "Oh my God... what happened?? Why are you like this??" she cried, holding him close. "It's already too late for me," he whispered, pain etched in every word. "No!! You can't die!! I won't let you!!" "I'm so sorry... I have never regretted having you as my mate," he murmured, a faint smile on his lips. But some battles aren't won with strength alone. Some sacrifices come at a cost she's not ready to pay. "I accept your rejection," he said, his final words tearing her world apart. When love, loyalty, and rage collide, can Avery escape with her heart-and her life-intact, or will the ones she trusts the most be the ones who destroy her? A heart-pounding, darkly emotional tale of love, betrayal, and the choices that haunt us forever.

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Chapter 6

"Couldn't even give me five minutes before bringing your little shadow along? Or is this a demonstration of how you literally can't function without clinging to each other?" I sneered with a scoff.

He really had the guts to bring her here with him, after what had happened at the hospital.

Riley's face turned crimson red at my direct accusation. "It isn't what it looks like, Avery... I was just here to..."

"Save your explanations for someone who cares." The indignation in my words was as clear as water. I sounded vile, but I didn't care, as long as my words got passed.

But I was wrong.

All of a sudden, I felt Liam's strong hold on my wrist again as he cornered me against the wall.

"Don't you speak to us that way!!" He let out a low menancing rumble, showing his dominance and intimidating self.

I gently cocked my head to the side, wondering why he would think that I would succumb to his authority. I was his mate, for fuck sake! His equal!

"What are you going to do about it?"

My lips twitched into a smirk when I noticed how increasingly infuriated he was at my boldness and resistance to his authority. He snarled, his blue eyes had a piercing glare as they stayed on mine while I maintained eye contact all through. I wanted him to see how serious I was.

"A.. Avery..." Riley's pretended gentle voice finally echoed in the hallway, earning a mental eye roll from me.

She must want the attention back to herself so badly.

"We don't want any trouble, we just came here to check up on you. You weren't at home and..."

I didn't listen to the rest of her honeyed tone blabbering as it only irritated me the more. I pushed Liam off me, making him stagger back a little before he regained his composure.

"I was doing better before you dragged yourselves here!!" I snapped in an abrasive tone.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Avery?" I scorned what I heard Liam's question.

"Really???"

Just then, I heard sniffs and whimpers. I turned to my side only to see Riley shedding tears, with so much emotion... insincere emotions.

"Avery... I know it's all my fault... I know I've wronged you, but why can't you just find it in your heart to forgive me?"

Liam, obviously deceived by her feigned emotions moved to console her, right in front of me.

"You see what you've caused? Riley left the hospital to search for you even though she's supposed to be resting because she was worried for you and you...." He paused with a grimace like he was trying to hold back himself from saying something. "She already apologized... what more do you want from her? Why are you dragging this so far? Hasn't she suffered enough?"

His questions now made him different from how I knew him. He had changed so much in the span of two days. Where is the Liam that supported me then?

Just then, from the corner of my eyes, I saw Riley's sly grin, the malevolent gloating she shows only to me, to let me know that she would always emerge the winner no matter what happens.

And that was all it took for me to finally snap.

"She hasn't!" I deadpanned.

"Avery..." Riley called out in sorrow but I, ignored her.

"Until she has been betrayed by someone she trusts, stripped of all that she owns, and is actually fighting for her life in a sick bed, will I consider us equals. Until then you all should leave me the fuck alone!" I roared in outrage.

I noticed the stunned and petrified look they both gave me, but I didn't care.

"Get out!" I screamed out again, baring my fangs to show I wasn't playing.

"L...let's go.." Riley stammered as she pulled Liam with her. She looked shaken to the core by my reaction, but I know it was all a facade.

Liam on the other hand wasn't ready to leave yet. He was about to say something when I walked into my penthouse and slammed the door behind me.

A few seconds later, I heard the elevator ding again, they've left.

I walked into the kitchen, and the sound of my heavy movements hitting the marble tiled floor filled the penthouse. I opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. I gulped down half its contents before slamming it against the counter.

My encounter with them filled me with rage. The audacity!

The sound of my ringing phone echoed in the kitchen. With annoyance, I pulled the gadget out of my robe's pocket. I was about to end the call when I saw Jenny's name on the screen.

Jenny was another friend of mine, aside from Savannah.

"Congratulations!" Her cheery voice echoed from the other side of the call the moment it connected.

"How does it feel to finally cut ties with those losers?" She asked, not bothering to hide her excitement.

Savannah must have filled her in on everything that has happened. I sighed as I plopped down on the kitchen stool.

"Uh..uh.. don't tell me you're feeling down..."

"It's just too much to take all at once." I muttered as I gently massaged my temples.

"I understand, but you don't have to waste your time being bothered by people who don't value you. You're worth more."

A comforted smile appeared on my face. "Really?"

"Of course. Now that you've cut ties with them, why don't you come back to the company? It's getting hard to handle those scums on the board alone."

"Jenny..."

"You've been gone for too long Avery and coming back would help take your mind off things easily." She coaxed.

The invitation was enticing and better than what I had in mind before. I was initially planning to return to my family as the devoted daughter and impeccable heir after taking some time off, but my encounter with Liam and Riley served as an eye opener for me.

My parents don't care about me, never have and never will so why should I keep trying to earn their approval? They don't deserve me.

"Alright..." I whispered in agreement after my mind had been made up.

"Finally! Can't wait!!" She yelled out happily.

I smiled softly as the call ended. I was about to head into my room when another call came in. It was from an unsaved number.

I stared at it silently, trying to see if I recognized it, but I couldn't pinpoint whose it was. After the third ring, I clicked on the answer button and placed it to my ear.

"Avery..."

I stilled the moment I heard my name.

The sonorous and baritone voice... I could recognize it anywhere... it was something I had heard for more than half my life.

My breath hitched, and my heart beat faster against my chest in eagerness. My body felt restless as I listened to his rhythmic breathing through the phone call.

"Marcus..."

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Clare Lynch thought she was celebrating her fairy-tale engagement. She happily drank the pink cocktail her best friend, Brianna, handed her. But the drink was laced with a powerful, burning drug. As Clare's legs gave out, she overheard Brianna whispering outside the door. Her best friend had hired two thugs to assault her on camera and completely ruin her life. Terrified and gasping for air, Clare hid in the VIP room and called her fiancé, Jaren, for help. "I feel sick. Something is wrong. Please come get me." But Jaren just sighed impatiently, busy comforting his mistress in the background. "Stop throwing tantrums for attention. Grow up." Jaren hung up the phone. When Clare finally escaped and begged her grandmother to cancel the wedding, the matriarch coldly refused. She told Clare that marriage was just a business transaction, and she had to endure Jaren's cheating because their family needed the Bolton's money. Betrayed by her best friend, abandoned by her fiancé, and sold out by her own blood. Clare's world completely collapsed. She was nothing but a bargaining chip, thrown to the monsters by the people she loved most. The sheer injustice of it burned her soul to ash. With her last ounce of strength, Clare made a desperate choice. She called Aurthur Bolton—Jaren's ruthless, terrifying uncle. When the most dangerous man in New York kicked down the door to save her, Clare made a silent vow. She was done playing the perfect victim. She would let the devil claim her, as long as he helped her burn her abusers to the ground.

Action Modern Romance

9.3

Flash Marriage To My Disabled Commander

9.3

Six years ago, my adoptive family framed me for commercial espionage, stripped me of my identity, and threw me out. Now, I finally returned to the Solis estate as a commercial pilot to take back what was mine. But the first thing my adoptive mother did was threaten me with that forged evidence again. She demanded I take my sister Kiana's place in a marriage contract with a disabled man, simply because Kiana refused to marry him. When I refused, Kiana ambushed me at the airport with a mob of reporters. She cried for the cameras, publicly accusing me of causing our father's and brother's deaths. She painted me as a ruthless monster who bankrupted the company and ruined the family. The crowd instantly turned on me, screaming that I was a murderer and a gold-digger. Kiana wanted to completely destroy my reputation so I would have no choice but to submit to her arrangement. I looked at her fake tears, feeling a cold, absolute fury. How dare she use the tragic deaths of the only family members who actually loved me as a prop for her sick show? They had ruined my life once, and now they wanted to bury me alive. I didn't hesitate. I slapped her hard across the face right in front of the flashing cameras. "That was for my father and brother." Then, my real fiancé, a decorated Delta Force commander, rolled through the crowd in his wheelchair. He tossed a classified Pentagon file to the reporters, completely clearing my name and exposing Kiana's lies. I married him to start my revenge, but as I stepped into his heavily secured penthouse that night, I realized my powerful new husband had been preparing for me for a very long time.

Action Modern Romance

9.3

HIS UNWORTHY MATE

9.3

Jade knows what it feels like to have no one in her corner; she experienced it firsthand when her aunt sweet-talked her parents and took her to the Philippines' when she was eight. After years of abuse and being used, the only thing Jade wished for was an escape to finally go home and be with her family. All Jade wished for was to experience what it feels like to be loved once again and she got that when she finally escaped from her aunt and made her way back home to her pack and family in Detroit. Finding out that the Alpha Heir Hunter was her mate was the best thing to ever happen to Jade, and Hunter gave Jade a home, love, and became the safety and comfort Jade had always wished for. Two years of blissful union came to an abrupt end when Jade woke up in bed with her sister's boyfriend after a party. Her life goes from sweet to bitter in a matter of days as everyone Jade once loved turned their backs on her, refusing to believe them when she said she didn't cheat on her mate. How could she? Hunter was the love of her life. Jade goes from preparing to becoming the Luna of the Blackwood Pack, to being treated no less than a traitor. Hunter doesn't wait another heartbeat before rejecting her, and Jade is soon branded as a defective mate, banished to the woods as a rogue. How will Jade survive life as a pregnant rogue? The cursed brand on her neck makes it impossible for any pack to take her in. Will her mate come after her? Or will Jade find her strength somewhere else and come back to enact her revenge on the people who hurt her?

Action Romance Werewolf

8.9

Reborn To Ruin: The Jilted Heiress's Revenge

8.9

I lay on a mildewed mattress in a run-down motel, my body trembling from withdrawal. Once the most feared "Gossip Queen" in Hollywood, I was now a forty-three-year-old ghost staring at a cracked mirror, waiting for the end. The door clicked open, and Brittany Potts stepped in, looking immaculate in a beige trench coat that cost more than my life. She didn't come to help; she tossed a waiver of marital assets onto my bed and handed me a cup of coffee laced with something that smelled like bitter almonds. She laughed, telling me my husband, Bennet, was already in the Bahamas celebrating my death. I froze when I saw the sapphire pendant around her neck—my mother’s necklace, which had vanished the day she died. As the poison began to burn through my chest, Brittany leaned in and whispered her final secret: she was the one who cut the brake lines on the car that killed my father when we were teenagers. My entire life had been a lie. The pills, the scandal, the bankruptcy—it was all a masterpiece of betrayal orchestrated by the two people I trusted most. I died on that filthy floor, suffocating on my own rage and the taste of chemicals, praying for a single chance to make them pay. But when I opened my eyes, the pain was gone. I was sitting in my old bedroom, the morning sun shining on a calendar that read September 15, 2024. My mother’s voice, warm and alive, called me for breakfast from downstairs. I was eighteen again, back in my senior year at Crestview Academy, and the monsters who destroyed me were still pretending to be my friends. This time, I’m the one who holds the shears.

Action Fantasy Mystery

7.8

The Apocalypse Remembers Him

7.8

When the world collapses, most people fight to survive. Ryan Black fights to remember. He remembers the blood-soaked streets. He remembers the orders that sent him to die. He remembers the woman who turned her back when he needed her most. Reborn at the dawn of the apocalypse, Ryan awakens with a terrifying gift-Limitless Growth. Every battle makes him stronger. Every mistake from his enemies fuels his evolution. But unlike the reckless heroes around him, Ryan chooses patience. He hides his true power, allowing history to repeat itself while he watches... and waits. Sophie Black, once his wife, now approaches him with regret heavy in her voice and desperation in her eyes. She wants forgiveness. She wants safety. She wants the man she abandoned-without understanding that man no longer exists. Elias Grant, Ryan's former superior, once held authority, strength, and influence. Now, as the apocalypse strips away titles and lies, Elias finds himself unraveling-physically beaten, mentally cornered, and slowly crushed by the subordinate he once overlooked. Monsters roam the ruins of civilization, but Ryan knows the truth: the apocalypse isn't the real enemy. This is not a story about saving the world. It's about reclaiming dignity, dominance, and identity- one calculated step, one broken enemy, at a time.

Action LitRPG Romance Sci-Fi

9.2

The Billionaire Fiancee's Revenge

9.2

Kimberly Clark believed she had finally escaped a lifetime of being overlooked because of her plain looks. After years of standing in the shadow of her sister, she had found her place-and her heart-in Alexander Wellington, heir to a powerful empire. With him, she was no longer invisible. She was seen, valued, and loved. Their wedding was meant to mark the moment her painful past gave way to a brighter future. But on the night of Alexander's bachelor party, her sister, Summer, struck with ruthless precision. Disguised as hotel staff, she drugged his drink and followed him into his room-her jealousy twisting into obsession. Alexander resisted, fighting the haze overtaking his body. "Stop, Summer," he groaned, shoving her back. But she clung tighter, whispering words meant to wound: "She doesn't deserve you. I'm the one you should want." Then came the message-sent from an unknown number. Kimberly, hurry. Alexander isn't feeling well. Room 1207. She rushed to the hotel, heart pounding with fear. When the door swung open, she saw Alexander on the bed with Summer-his shirt undone, Summer pressed against him. To her, this was betrayal. The man she trusted above all seemed to have shattered her. Blinded by heartbreak, she fled into the night. Tears blurred her vision as she stumbled into the street. Headlights flared. The impact was brutal. Glass tore into her face, blood pooling as the car sped away. She was left broken. Her face was destroyed. An elderly man, grieving his own losses, found her and refused to let her die. She lost her memory, but he gave her a new name, flew her abroad for facial reconstruction, and stood by her through every painful surgery. Three years passed. Her face was rebuilt. Her body healed. Her memory returned. Her soul was sharpened by pain. Now, she returns-not as the ignored daughter, not as the bride who bled in the street. She carries a new face, a new identity, and a vow carved deep within her: To reclaim what was hers. To confront the sister who betrayed her. And to face Alexander-the man who once held her heart, the man she cannot forget, and the man she must decide whether to love again... or destroy. The Billionaire Fiancée's Revenge When love is broken by betrayal, vengeance becomes the only vow.

Action Billionaire Romance

Heart of An Alpha

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