HIS to CLAIM ALPHA ZEKE
He marked her like property.Then Completely turned on her
Cecelia was never meant to survive the bond, she was just meant to bleed for it.chosen for her pack use for an alignment, discarded when she became inconvenient.zeke took everything from her: her freedom, her future,and something she never meant to give; her heart
But she didn't die.
She learned.
Now she's back, unrecognizable, with poison in her smile and vengeance stitched into her skin. His mark still burns on her body.But the girl he broke is gone
And the woman she's become want nothing to do
with him she doesn't want his love
She wants him to break
And this time, she'll make sure he stays broken
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Chapter 2
Chapter 2 : Zeke
I found him in his study an hour later, sitting behind the massive oak desk that had belonged to his father.Zeke looked up when I entered, and I saw my own pain reflected in his green eyes.
"She told you."
It wasn't a question.I closed the door behind me and walked to the chair across from his desk, my spine straight and my chin lifted.If I was going down, I'd go down with dignity.
"Yes.""Cecelia-"
"Is it true?"
He was quiet for a long moment, his hands clasped on the desk in front of him.When he finally spoke, his voice was barely audible.
"Yes."
The simple word destroyed the last fragment of hope I'd been clinging to.
"How long?"I asked.
"How long what?"
"How long have you been fuckingmy sister?"
He flinched at the crude language.
"Cecelia, don't-"
"Answer the question, Zeke.How long?"
"Since the second week after our mating ceremony."
I closed my eyes, absorbing the blow."So our entire marriage has been a lie."
"No."He stood up abruptly, moving around the desk toward me."No, Cecelia, that's not-"
"Don't."I held up a hand to stop him."Don't come any closer.
Don't touch me.And for the love of the Moon Goddess, don't lie to me anymore."
He stopped mid-step, his jaw clenching."I never lied to you."
"You've been screwing my sister for six months behind my back!What would you call that?"
"I never promised you love."
The words were like a knife to the heart."No, you didn't, did you?Silly me for thinking that might develop naturally between mates.""Cecelia, please try to understand-"
"Oh, I understand perfectly."I stood up, smoothing down my skirt with hands that only trembled slightly."You never got over your first love, so you found a way to have us both.You marry the adopted daughter to secure the peace treaty, then keep the real daughter as your mistress.Isn't that very smart of you?"
"It wasn't like that."
"Then tell me what it was like, Zeke.Explain to me how this happened."
He ran a hand through his dark silky hair.I loved whenever he did that.My stomach would clench and butterflies would flutter everywhere, but now I hated it.It was a reminder that like my sister, his good looks could guarantee him everything.
"When I chose you at the betrothal ceremony-"
"Why did you choose me?"I interrupted."I need to know.Was it always part of some elaborate plan?"
"No!"I could hear the pain and desperation in that one word, but I refused to be deceived."No, Cecelia, I chose you because... because I thought it would be easier."
I tried to stop the tears from moistening my voice."Easier how?"
"Easier to do my duty without my heart being involved."
I laughed, but it sounded more like a sob."You chose me because you didn't love me."
"I chose you because I thought I could learn to love you," he said quietly."I thought if I married Layla, I'd spend my whole life fighting the mate bond, trying to be the Alpha my pack needed instead of the man she wanted.But with you...""With me, you thought you could be both."I finished for him.
"Yes."
"And then Layla came back."
He nodded, his eyes fixed on the floor."The moment I saw her again, I knew I'd made a mistake.The feelings I thought I'd buried came rushing back, stronger than ever."
"So you decided to have an affair behind my back, Zeke."My voice cracked.Hearing this from his mouth was not making this any easier.
"I tried to stay away from her," he said desperately, trying to come closer to me.I stepped back."For the first week after she arrived, I avoided her completely.But then she came to me, crying, begging me to explain why I'd chosen you over her.She said she needed closure."
My hands shook as I rubbed my temples."She was tempting you.It was very obvious.You let her."My voice became hard."You gave it to her."
"I gave her the truth.I told her I'd chosen you because I was a coward who couldn't handle loving her the way she deserved."
"And then?"
"And then she kissed me."
I felt something inside me die."And you kissed her back."
"Yes."
"In our house.In the pack house where we live as mates."
"Cecelia-"
"Where?"The question came out as a growl."Where did you betray our bond?"
"It doesn't matter-"
"It matters to me!"I slammed my hand down on his desk, making him jump."Where, Zeke?"
"The library," he whispered.
The library.Where I spent most of my afternoons reading, where I'd foolishly imagined bringing our children someday to share the stories I loved.
"And after that?"
"After that, we... we couldn't stay away from each other."
"So you've been meeting in secret ever since."I chuckled, but not in amusement, in rage.I was angry at myself that I let this happen.They were sleeping with each other under my nose, but I trusted them so much and I let this happen.
"Yes."He confirmed, his eyes never leaving mine.
"While coming home to me every night and pretending to be my devoted husband."
"I never pretended-"
"You marked me!"I touched the scar on my neck, the physical reminder of our bond."You claimed me in front of the entire pack,promised to cherish and protect me, and then you spent the next six months sneaking around with my sister!"
"The marking was part of the ceremony.It didn't mean-"
"It didn't mean anything to you," I finished for him."I get it now.The great Alpha Zeke Brooke, finally being honest."
He stepped toward me again, and this time I didn't stop him.When he reached out to touch my face, I let him, even though his touch felt like poison now.
"Cecelia, I'm sorry.I'm so fucking sorry.I never wanted to hurt you."
I bit my cheek to prevent the tears from spilling."But you did it anyway."
"Yes.
I shook my head, chuckling to myself again."She said that you want me to release you from our bond so you can marry her instead."
"I want you to be free," he said softly."Free to find someone who can love you the way you deserve."
"How noble of you."I stepped back,
breaking his hold on my face."Tell me something, Zeke.If Layla wasn't pregnant, would you still be asking for your freedom?"
He was quiet for so long I thought he wouldn't answer.When he finally spoke, his voice was barely a whisper.
"I don't know."
"I see."I walked to the door, then paused with my hand on the handle."One more question.""
Anything."
"Do you love her?""Yes."
"Have you ever loved me?Even a little?"
The pause that followed told me everything I needed to know.
"I, Zeke Woods of Brooke pack reject you, Cecelia Mayers as my chosen mate."
I screamed as I doubled over in pain.I took deep breaths as I struggled to stand erect."I Cecelia Mayers accept your rejection."At this point, I was proud of myself for not crying."Thank you for finally being honest."
"Where are you going?"
"For a walk.
"Cecelia, wait-"
I opened the door without looking back."Don't follow me, Zeke.I think you've done enough for one day."
I was going to the seacliffs to clear my head, and to think clearly and for once in my life, I was going to listen to what I wanted instead of what everyone else needed from me
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7.6
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My grandfather said he had.
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The moment my cousin Braden returned for my grandfather's funeral, my gut told me: he wasn't human!
8.6
Today was my father's grand second wedding, but for me, it was the anniversary of my mother's death.
My new stepmother, Marley, who was only four years older than me, cornered me. To establish her dominance as the new Luna, she ordered her servants to force me to my knees and violently ripped my late mother's necklace from my neck.
It was the only memento my mother had left me. Marley sneered, threw it to the ground, and shattered the gems. When I scrambled to pick up the broken pieces, she dug her high-heeled shoe into the back of my hand, mocking me as dirty trash. No one stepped in to help. My father was too busy celebrating his new marriage under the dazzling lights, completely erasing my mother's memory and leaving me to be abused in my own pack.
My heart was full of grievance and despair. Why did my mother's lifelong devotion end with her grave desolate and her daughter humiliated? I swore I would never become a weak, discarded she-wolf whose life depended on a man.
Desperate to escape the suffocating wedding, I ran outside and stumbled right into the chest of a terrifying stranger.
"No one should ever touch what is precious to you."
His golden eyes blazed with fury as sparks instantly shot through my veins. He was Kade Blackwood, the ruthless Alpha of the feared Blood Moon Pack—and my fated mate.
7.5
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8.2
In the year 2333, humanity has fallen and ruled by werewolves. Bellatrix Sinclair, an 18-year-old weapons prodigy that despises werewolves for destroying her family has been secretly planning to join the human rebellion.
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He shouldn't want her and she should hate him but they cannot resist each other. It's a twisted connection, entirely physical because all I am is his slave.
My heart should belong to my best friend Emmett, a human. Atleast the guilt of betrayal wouldn't be eating away at my insides.
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"Yes please." She begs.
"Then fucking let me in." I growled, this fury exploding with vengeance. I wanted to destroy her pussy.
It was maddening, it was sickening, it was barbaric.
But I never claimed to be saint.
"Here that baby, that's the sound of your greedy pussy sucking on my cock. Give me more, drench me."
"Lazarus." She moans painfully, "Please let me come."
I'm doused in gasoline and set alight, sweat coats my skin as I pound into her faster and harder. I'm definitely hurting her, "Wanna come?" I rasped, "Not until I say so."
Pressing my lips onto hers, pushing my tongue into her mouth until I feel the sweetness of hers. The kiss is sloppy and filthy. She cries as I drive my cock into her, the intensity too much to handle, sweet tears sliding onto her cheeks.
"Fuck yes." I smile sadistically, licking her tears. "Cry for me Ma Cherie."
"Please, please let me come My King." She pleads.
"Say it again." Lightening shooting down my spine as she begged, "My King, please let me come. I'll be good."
I chuckled, "Try your luck to kill me Ma Cherie, I dare you."
8.9
I was the lead architect for the Pack's billion-dollar tech company, and I was secretly carrying the Alpha's heir.
I thought the merger would finally make Caleb Mark me.
Instead, I walked into my office to find a mistress sitting in my chair.
Caleb didn't just fire me. When I refused to hand over the encryption keys to the system I built, he locked me in a reinforced closet lined with silver mesh.
For a pregnant wolf, silver is poison.
I pounded on the door until my knuckles bled.
"Caleb! Please! It burns! I'm losing the baby!"
I screamed until my voice broke, feeling the life drain from my womb.
But outside the door, his mistress laughed. "Don't listen to her, Caleb. She's just a weak Omega faking it for attention."
And my Fated Mate believed her.
He left me in that dark box while our son died in a pool of my own blood.
He thought he had broken me. He thought I would die a silent death so he could parade his fake heir around.
He forgot one thing: I wrote the code that runs his entire life.
Three days later, I didn't show up to the hospital morgue.
I rolled my wheelchair onto the stage of his global press conference, flanked by the rival Alpha he feared most.
I held up the remote to the main server.
"You killed my son for a lie, Caleb," I smiled into the microphone as the screens behind him broadcast the footage of his crime. "Now, say goodbye to your empire."