Owned by the Alphas 2: Claimed by the Alphas

Brax's fangs graze my skin before they sink into my thigh. I cry out, Kai's fangs burying in my breast while Derik pierces the flesh of my neck. I moan as their toxin keeps the storm raging, my body hot. "More," I breathe. Saved from her father's betrayal, Lorelai is happy to be back in her alphas' arms-and their beds. Three alphas means three times the pleasure, but also three times the risk. What happens if she isn't their fated mate? Thrust into a war she never wanted, Lorelai must fight for her baby, her family-and her alphas' hearts.

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Chapter 4

"To the east of the cliffs, just below the waterline is a cave. Go in there. It's only a few seconds, but you will come to a maze of tunnels. The beast is trapped somewhere in there. Get him out, then get back to the portal; once he goes through

-and he is fast, so he will reach it before you-your magic will take a significant hit without you there to wield it. It is more than likely that it will start to close," Tabby warned, her voice shaky as she shivered.

Kai pulled his furred coat off and layered it on her. She tugged it closer and smiled up at him. Kai gave her one back and then walked over to me. Fear was trickling in at all the things that could go wrong, but I had to trust that I could do this; I had to believe in the balance.

"I wish I could come with you. I wish it was me making sure you made it back to us," Kai breathed, and I kissed him. He held me close, kissing me harder.

"I'll come back," I promised, and he nodded. He couldn't come with us-we all knew that. My magic couldn't get us all over there, and I needed him and Derik here, protecting Enzi, the pack, the humans.

"You better, beautiful," Derik said, coming over to steal me from Kai. I kissed him too, his lips soft and tender as his arms enveloped me. Kai said goodbye to Brax, and then Derik did.

Even though we were all nervous, I had an excitement in me. We were finally going to have what we needed, not just chasing our tails.

This was a real step in getting Zale back, and I needed it so fucking much. I clung to that, letting all my desperation fill me as Tabby nodded at me, telling me to make the portal. I wasn't sure how, but she said my magic would, and I trusted that.

I lifted my hand, the purple mist stretching from my body and forming a circle in the air that shimmered and glowed with magic.

"Remember this is a shadow world, there is no telling what the shadows there hold.

I don't know what hell the witches put in there for Adrenna, but I know it wasn't fun. It was meant to make it easier for the beast to have her, so if you think a shadow is coming for you, it probably is, and get out of its way," Tabby said.

I looked over my shoulder at her with a droll stare. "Any good news before we go?"

"Yes. The mating link will survive even in the portal, so you will be able to communicate with this side," she said, and that was reassuring.

I blew out a breath and looked at Brax, who had a stern look in his eyes too, "Kiss Enzi for us. I can't say goodbye to her too after Zale, I'll come back to her. Keep her safe," I said through the mind-link to my mates. Kai nodded as Derik kissed Enzi on the forehead.

"We've got her. Be safe," Derik linked back a second before Brax and I stepped through the portal.

2. The Shadows

LORELAI

Brax and I crossed through the portal, the magic stripping from us both. I gasped at the lightness it left me with-and the darkness. The weight of it was gone, but the shadows grew inside me as if they recognized where we were. I didn't.

It was so dark, darker than our white winter that consisted of constant night. It was as if every space had a shadow. I shivered as the cold bit into my skin through my clothes. Brax brushed up against me, his lips landing on my cheek.

"We've got to get in the water," he said, his own lips blue.

The cliffs were dark; the water was ominous and black. I hesitated, fear trickling through me as my shadows filled every part of me.

Whispers in the air had me spinning, but it was only the forest behind me, dark and terrifying. The forest seemed alive with things my human eyes couldn't see.

The purple magic of the portal was like a film in the air, and I chewed my lip.

"Will anything be able to get through?" I asked.

Brax shook his head. "No, not unless you let it. It's your magic; it is still loyally bound to you. At least that's how it usually works," he said, his eyes darting over to the forest too.

"That water looks terrifying," I whispered, my voice raspy against the cold. The silence was even more intimidating than the whispers. Brax smirked and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm not looking forward to this, so let's get it over with, yeah?" He inched forward, his toes brushing the water. He hissed and pulled his feet back. "It's fucking cold," he said.

I shook my head. "I thought something was actually wrong."

He blew out a breath. "There is. The water's going to give me frostbite on my fucking balls," he said, shivering.

I laughed. "I guess you're not used to feeling the cold, huh?"

He shook his head.

"Well, now you know how it felt going up that stupid mountain. Enjoy human," I teased, and he smirked at me, shaking his head before wading in, trying to prove a point. I waited, still not feeling good about my ability to stay above water.

"Can you see the cave?" I asked, and he frowned over at the cliffs, peering through the dark. But he shook his head.

"No. But my shadows are pulling me toward it; they know where to go." He shivered, and I nodded.

Good, my shadows would too then. I waded in, gasping at the ice water hitting me.

My nipples pebbled painfully, and I winced. Brax moved over to me, and he was right, my shadows were calm, soothing my anxieties, and pulling me toward where we needed to go.

"C'mon. We have to hurry up before the wolves get too wild without my magic," I said, shivering. Brax nodded and started to swim in the direction of the cliffs. I eyed his movements: arm, kick, arm, kick. I could do that.

Except it wasn't as easy as it looked, and I flailed in the water. The splashes made me cough, my neck stretched to keep my face out of it, but I was a useless swimmer.

Brax swam back over, lifting me onto his back, hiding a smirk.

"I am definitely going to remember what that looked like," he said laughingly and started moving his hands through the water, his legs pushing us toward the cliffside.

"Why? So you can traumatize me with it?"

"What? No way. I'm going to recreate it. In bed." He grinned, peering over his shoulder, and I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, it's the flailing woman position."

"Exactly what we want. Kai can get you making that 'holding your breath' face-

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The moment she stepped into the wrong restroom, everything changed. Hailey had only been at Hillsworth College for a day, a fresh scholarship student, eager yet nervous. She had simply been looking for the restroom, but fate had other plans. The thick scent of smoke filled her lungs the second she pushed the door open. The air was dense, intoxicating. Her breath hitched when she saw him. A dangerously handsome guy. He leaned lazily against the sink, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his sharp eyes flickering toward her. Tattoos curled around his arms like inked secrets, and silver rings glinted from his eyebrow and tongue. A dangerous smirk lifted his lips as he exhaled a cloud of smoke. "Lost, princess?" He asked with a smirk, raking her with his eyes from head to toe. Hailey 's heart pounded. This was the boys' restroom. And somehow, she had just collided with trouble. ___ Hailey had learned early on that life was rarely fair. She barely remembered her parents, their faces were blurry images in an old photo album she had once clung to as a child. After their deaths, she was taken in by her uncle, the only family she had left. At first, life had been tolerable-until he died too. That was when everything changed. Her uncle's wife, Cecilia, had never truly cared for her, but after his death, the cold indifference turned to outright cruelty. Hailey became the unwanted burden in their home, forced to endure harsh words and extra chores. Unlike her cousin, Brielle, who lived in luxury and had everything handed to her, Hailey had to fight for the smallest things. When Cecilia refused to pay for her education, she had thought her dreams were over. But then the scholarship to Hillsworth College came like a miracle. She studied tirelessly, poured everything into that exam, and when the results came in, she had been one of the few selected. It was her chance at freedom, her chance to escape. There was just one problem. Hillsworth was Brielle's school. And if there was one thing Hailey knew, it was that her cousin would make her life miserable. But none of that compared to the storm she was about to walk into. Wanna know what the encounter with the bad boy leads to? Come with me 🫣

Action Modern Young Adult

8.4

Claimed by the Man I Shouldn't Love

8.4

Jessica Southern believed that love could conquer anything-even betrayal. So she staged a reckless kidnapping to test Alan Knight, the man who had adored her for fifteen years. But when he chose his fiancée over her, Jessica was left behind to die in a fiery explosion. Everyone thought she was gone forever. No body. No funeral. Only scandal and shame. Four years later, she walks back into his life-alive, beautiful, and carrying secrets that could shatter the perfect world he's built with her cousin, the woman he was supposed to marry. Now torn between guilt and obsession, Alan refuses to let Jessica go again. He wants answers, revenge, and most of all... her. But Jessica didn't come back for love. She came back to reveal the truth-and to make them all pay. When love turns to hate, and hate becomes obsession, can two broken hearts survive the fire they started?

Action Mystery Romance

9.3

Ex-lover Leaves After Being Betrayed

9.3

Alysa and Kenan's first love was everything-pure, warm, and simple. But everything shattered the night Alysa's stepmother threatened to stop her father's medical treatment unless Alysa gave up her honor to a wealthy man from the southern city. For her father's life, Alysa sacrificed herself... and lost Kenan, the man she had loved with all her heart. Years later, fate brings them together again. But the Kenan she once knew-the gentle, loving man-is gone. In his place stands a cold, bitter man consumed by pain and hatred. He no longer sees Alysa as the girl he once loved, but as the woman who ruined his life. By his side now is Sinta-a cunning woman who claims to be the mysterious "masked woman" who once saved him, when in truth, it was all a lie. In a war between love and revenge, Alysa endures humiliation after humiliation from the man she still loves, while Kenan is haunted by faint memories-of a touch, a gaze-that feel achingly familiar. When the truth finally comes to light-that Alysa's sacrifice ran far deeper than he ever imagined- Kenan must confront his own heart: will he keep repaying pain with hatred, or will he choose to heal it with a love that never truly died?

Action Mystery Romance

7.7

Genius Wife's Revenge: Too Late For Regret

7.7

For two years, I played the role of the "Midwestern mistake," the mousey wife Julian Ford-Sterling IV kept hidden like a shameful secret. I hid my true self behind thick glasses and ashen foundation, acting as the perfect, cowed charity case while he lived a life of marble and indifference. The day our marriage contract ended, the headlines were already screaming about his affair with Hollywood’s sweetheart, Lana Vane. Julian didn't even grant me a final conversation; he simply sent his legal team to hand me divorce papers that gave me nothing—no alimony, no shares, just a non-disclosure agreement and a one-way ticket out of his life. I signed the papers and walked away, but a drugged encounter in a dark club that same night led me back into his arms. We collided in the shadows, two strangers stripped of their titles, but I fled before dawn, accidentally leaving behind my vintage silver locket. By the time I reached my secret design studio the next morning, I discovered Julian had executed a hostile takeover of my entire life’s work. To my horror, Lana Vane was already there, clutching my stolen locket and shamelessly claiming she was the woman Julian had spent the night with. Julian stood before me in his charcoal suit, looking at me with total lack of recognition. To him, I was just a "gold-digging" architect he had bought along with the furniture. I watched them together, the man who had discarded me and the woman who had stolen my identity, realizing that Julian was obsessed with the genius of "Rose" while despising the woman who stood right in front of him. He had no idea that the wife he’d just divorced was the very person he was now desperate to control. I straightened my spine, my violet-blue eyes cold and lethal behind my new designer frames. "Mr. Ford-Sterling, you wanted the best designer in the city? You’ve got her. But you should know—I don't just build empires. I know exactly how to tear them down."

Action Mystery Romance

9.3

Luciano's Forbidden Desire

9.3

She's sin wrapped in a nun habit. He is the devil who makes her want to confess. Luciano Moretti, the mafia's most feared enforcer, kills without hesitation, prays to no god, and bleeds for the Cosa Nostra. Sister Elizabeth has spent her life behind church walls, burying her desires under layers of penance and prayer. She is supposed to be untouchable-a quiet, secluded nun devoted to faith. But when she finds him bleeding on the altar one night, their worlds collide in a sin neither heaven nor hell can cleanse. He's meant to marry her sister to seal a deal between two mafia empires. She's meant to keep her vows and distance. But temptation has a cruel sense of humour... Because he's the last man she should want. She's the only woman he can't have. But one touch, one look, and everything sacred begins to crumble. Luciano does not seek salvation. Instead, he lures her into a dangerous path, one that includes everything she is meant to avoid, and everytime she whispers "forgive me, Father," her soul sinks deeper into him. As bloodlines clash and loyalty turns to betrayal, Elizabeth learns that the war outside the chapel isn't the only one she must survive. Because Luciano's world is built on violence and secrets, one of which binds her fate to his in ways neither of them saw coming. Desire clashes with devotion. Duty turns to betrayal. And when they're both drowning in a love so forbidden, not even God can save them.

Action Mafia Romance

9.5

PURE BLOOD

9.5

In a world where ancient werewolf bloodlines dictate power, a lone wolf must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting alliances and primal instincts. As a forbidden romance blossoms between rival factions, the fragile peace is shattered by a sudden outbreak of violence. With their survival at stake, the protagonists must confront deep-seated prejudices and battle external threats to protect their bond. It is a high-stakes tale of loyalty, passion, and survival.

Action Romance Werewolf

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