Nathalie Baert

Broken. That's one word that can be used to describe Adrienne Knight. For her, life has no meaning. Made to believe she was no more than a piece of worthless property, Adrienne developed a rather grim outlook on life, and rightly so. Happiness seemed to elude her at every turn. From a mate that turned bad, to being tortured within an inch of her life by the same person she thought would protect her. She trusts no one and sees everything as a threat. When Alpha Lucas finds his mate, she isn't what he'd expected. She was a shattered puzzle he had to put together, piece by tiny piece. Some pieces are lost and he has to make new ones, making his job that much harder. It tugs at his heart when she flinches when he touches her, or when she braces for a hit at every movement of his. He wants to kill every person responsible for the mess that was his mate. But slowly, he manages to pull her from her downward spiral and into the light. Their love is one borne from darkness and pain and not even the joined forces of heaven and hell can tear them apart.

"Astrid turned and her jaw nearly dropped in shock. ""Xavier?"" Her forherr mate, who ever bullied her with his b*tch for thousands of time and rejected her without any hestiation, while smiled at her brightly. ""I'm here to take you home."" ""I am not going back with you."" ""You have no choice. "" Xavier pulled her arm and yanked her forward ignoring her struggles. Suddenly, a deep and cold voice interrupted them. ""Am I interrupting you two?"" Both of them were looking back. It was Alpha Jaxon. The most powerful and crueless Alpha in the world, who owned Astrid as his surroagte. "

"Will you be my salvation... Or will you be my damnation?" ----------------------- I had the most perfect life of a she-wolf. My dad, the Alpha of the Black Heart Pack, doted on me so much despite me being wolfless. I was loved and respected in the pack under his protection. But everything changed on my 18th birthday. I was accused of being a traitor and banished from the pack. Left with nothing, I was left to suffer in a forest until the Alpha and Beta of the Crimson Blood Pack saved me. There was always something about Beta Kyson that drew me to him. It turned out he was my mate! But he was no Beta, and I wasn't weak. And unfortunately... the truth hurt more than the lies. Cover art by @rainygraphic

Warning: This is a dark romance. This story contains bullying, abuse, torture, physical violence, branding, manipulation, and other dark themes. For mature readers only (18+). They branded me worthless. My own father told them to hold my face while he wrote the word worthless on my forehead with hot iron. "Make sure she knows what she is before we give her away," he said, laughing ruthlessly. When I was four years old, he paid a pack witch to seal my wolf only because he learnt that I was the white Luna. The first one born in a hundred years. So they made me suffer four twenty years. Chained me to the dungeon beneath our house, and broke my body again and again until I couldn't scream anymore, then poured water over me so they could start again. My brothers did nothing. My stepmother folded her arms and smiled. My stepsister shredded my dress in front of the whole school and called it a lesson. When my father decided to hand me over to three Alpha heirs like a damaged property with a warning carved into my skin so they would never make the mistake of thinking I was more, they never knew that I was more powerful than what they could ever imagine. Just when I was about to give up, the bond snapped and the three alpha heirs fell on their knees at my feet and everything my father feared came back to haunt him. "Who dares touch what belongs to us?"

Turning back to me and the pack, he announced, "I am taking a chosen mate befitting of the position of the Luna of this great pack." His announcement didn't come as a shocker to me. I sort of expected it, but I thought he'd surprise me. I thought that the mate bond wouldn't be this weak. Looking at me squarely, he said, "I, Alpha Karsten Shadowcroft of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Amelia Holloway as my mate." My knees buckled after hearing his words, and a sudden weakness spread through my limbs. ******* Amelia Holloway had always yearned for a mate to help her escape her miserable life. Despite being wolfless, she had a chance to find him on her 18th birthday because it was the night of the blood moon. But fate dealt a cruel hand. Her mate turned out to be Alpha Karsten, the man who tormented her for years. Not only did he reject her, but he chose another over her, shattering her already fragile world. With all hopes of getting her freedom and finding love lost, a chance encounter with the Lycan King, Alexander Blackthorn, brought a ray of hope into her life. Can Amelia escape her past and embrace this newfound hope, or will betrayal tear it all down? What happens when skeletons from the past come lurking? Will her love triumph over everything?

After Selena was forced to leave Alpha Kian's kingdom for being his second chance mate she swore to never come back, leaving her family and friends behind. Without any other choice, she leaves the pack and has to survive on her own. With no pack or family to help her, she starts over and builds up her life. When fate one day interferes and she finds herself captured by the king's men as an enemy and tossed in the castle's prison to be tortured. Can she escape without the king finding out his mate has come back to his kingdom, and keep her secrets hidden from him? When her life and the ones she cares about depend on her secrets. Is the King still the cold-hearted mate she once met a late night in the dark or has he changed?

"""I am not the same girl you knew six years ago. I am a female warrior of Lichen pack now, and men like you do not stand a chance in hell against me."" As the betrayer's daughter, Soraya Wilthon was eager to find her mate, but the man she expected for a long time pushed her deeper into hell. Now, she was strong enough to have the bullies under her feet, but she lost all hope to her mate, fate had other plans for her. ""Be a good girl and open up."" As one f*ck*d her, the second kissed her passionately, running his tongue over her lips. The third caressed her... ""F*ck…yeah just like that…"" She immediately felt her senses magnify a million times over, unable to process the shocks that f*ck*d with the triplet alphas. Her second-chance mates. But when Soraya found out the truth of her father's betrayal, it brought an unexpected twist."

Being an Omega isn't an easy job. In fact it is one of the hardest jobs within a wolf pack and often a role that gets looked down on constantly. But it is a job that Chloe Patterson cherishes and tries to perfect everyday. No matter how much the Alpha family looks down on her, Chloe remains strong. She pushes herself to do her best because it's what her mother taught her to do from a young age. And while Chloe's mother has long since passed, Chloe still remembers everything her mother taught her about pack levels. And she knows that even though she is an Omega, she plays an important role within her pack. She also knows that titles don't always equal strength. When Chloe finds out who her mate is, she is overjoyed. She knows she will do a good job in her new position, but her mate doesn't agree. When he decides to publically reject her, Chloe stands tall. She let's the secret she has kept hidden for thirteen years spill out and walks away from the pack she worked so hard for. Will Chloe's mate regret his decision to reject his Omega mate, and if he does, will Chloe even give him a second chance?

BOOK ONE of COALESCENCE OF THE FIVE: After being rejected by 5 mates, Gamma Lucianne pleaded with the Moon Goddess to spare her from any further mate-bonds. To her dismay, she is being bonded for the sixth time. What’s worse is that her sixth-chance mate is the most powerful creature ruling over all werewolves and Lycans - the Lycan King himself. She is certain, dead certain, that a rejection would come sooner or later, though she hopes for it to be sooner. King Alexandar was ecstatic to meet his bonded mate, and couldn’t thank their Goddess enough for gifting him someone so perfect. However, he soon realizes that this gift is reluctant to accept him, and more than willing to sever their bond. He tries to connect with her but she seems so far away. He is desperate to get intimate with her but she seems reluctant to open up to him. He tries to tell her that he is willing to commit to her for the rest of his life but she doesn’t seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that he’s different; and a chance to love her. But when not-so-subtle crushes, jealous suitors, self-entitled Queen-wannabes, an old flame, a silent protector and a past wedding engagement threaten to jeopardize their relationship, will Lucianne and Xandar still choose to be together? Is their love strong enough to overcome everything and everyone? Or will Lucianne resort to enduring a sixth rejection from the one person she thought she could entrust her heart with? *** BOOK TWO: The Rogues Who Went Rogue

"No woman leaves his bed alive." "But I will survive." I whispered it to the moon, to the chains, to myself—until I believed it. They say Alpha King Maximus is a monster — too big, too brutal, too cursed. His bed is a death sentence, and no woman has ever left it alive. So why did he choose me? The fat, unwanted omega. The one my own pack offered up like trash. One night with the merciless King was supposed to end me. Instead, it ruined me. Now I crave the man who takes without mercy. His touch burns. His voice commands. His body destroys. And I keep going back for more. But Maximus doesn't do love. He doesn't do mates. He takes. He owns. And he never stays. "Before my beast consumes me completely—I need a son to take the throne." Too bad for him…I'm not the weak, pathetic girl they threw away. I'm something far more dangerous —the one woman who can break his curse… or break his kingdom.

"You're my mate?!" Tristian laughs as if this is some big joke. My heart aches and all I can do is coward under his glare. He looks at me like I'm nothing. The hatred in his eyes makes my eyes burn. "I-I'm sorry." I choke out and he only scoffs in disgust. My weak answer must make him hate me. "I-I didn't... I didn't mean to..." He cuts me off. "It doesn't matter. Dahlia will be my Luna. You're nothing to me." His next words cut through my heart. "I, Tristian Parker, Alpha of the Moonlight Pack, reject you Daisy Summers as my mate and Luna." Pain runs through my body and I fall to my knees. Tears stream down my face while he just turns away without a care in the world. I expected this the moment I found out he was my mate. He was my twin sister's boyfriend and I was merely the lowest-ranking omega in the pack. "... I, Daisy Summers, accept your rejection..."

"What's that smell?" My wolf, Storm's, voice is sudden and loud, making my head throb. As soon as he speaks, the most incredible scent I’ve ever known hits my nose, sending my senses into overdrive. It's a blend of strawberries and cinnamon, instantly drawing me forward, my feet moving of their own accord. As I weave through the crowd, the smell intensifies, and suddenly, everything happens so fast that my head spins. A scent like that can only mean one thing... I’ve found my mate. The realization crashes over me just as she steps out of the packhouse, leaving me breathless. "F*ck, no!" Alpha Nicholas is 28, mateless, and has no intention of changing that. This year, it’s his turn to host the annual Blue Moon Ball, and the last thing his wolf expects is to find his mate. What shocks him even more is discovering that his mate is 10 years younger than him—and he can’t deny the way his body reacts to her. While he tries to resist the truth of their bond, his world is thrown into chaos when his guards capture two she-wolves running through his territory. Bonnie has spent her life being broken down and abused by the people closest to her, including her own twin sister. Together with her best friend, Lilly, they hatch a plan to escape during the biggest ball of the year, hosted by another pack. But when things don’t go as planned, both girls are left feeling lost and uncertain about their futures. Once they are brought to Alpha Nicholas, he finds himself once again facing his mate and discovers that she's hiding secrets that will make him want to kill more than one person. Can Nicholas stop fighting with his wolf and accept a mate much younger than him? Will Bonnie want him after already feeling the sting of his unofficial rejection? Can they both let go of the past and move forward together, or will fate have other plans, keeping them apart?

Haven is a simple wolf human hybrid girl living her simple life, she likes to publish erotic novel online under a hidden name. She secretly has been crushing on the ice hockey captain Ryder since they were in highschool but she has never gathered the guys to tell him. One day, her annoying stepbrother, Aamon discovers her secret and blackmails her into becoming his "servant". Will they keep their relationship strictly just slave and master? Or will they break all boundaries and fall into temptation?"

"You're the moon wolf, Lola. You're the wolf with the power of the Moon goddess", Serena said and collective gasps were heard in the room. After being rejected by her mate in Moonlit pack, Lola escaped on a full moon only to enter the territory of the next Alpha King who also happened to be her second chance mate. Adrian is the next Alpha King but he hasn't been able to assume his role because he needed a Luna by his side. A rogue that trespassed on his territory, whom he ordered be killed turned out to be his mate leaving him in a dilemma. Will Adrian reject Lola because she came into his territory as a rogue? Will he overcome what happened to him in the past and give Lola a chance or reject her and go ahead with Fay as his chosen Luna? What will happen when everyone finds out just how much power Lola wields and how she's supposed to protect her kind in an oncoming war? Find out in Lola - The Moon Wolf!

"Brad... oh..." Ada's shrill voice begged between breathy moans. The banging of the headboard against the wall intensified as Ann froze. No... it couldn't be! She took a deep breath and nudged the door a little more. Her chest felt like it would explode as she held her breath whilst the crack widened. When it revealed her sister lying underneath Ann's husband-to-be, her hands flew to her mouth to stifle the gasp of horror as her heart shattered instantly. As Brad roared his release inside her sister, Ada turned her head towards the door with a smirk. An icy chill descended over Ann as if a bucket of ice water had been thrown over her and she stood and stared, her eyes wide and mouth slightly open in disbelief. Ada lifted her hand and waved in Ada's direction with a smug smile plastered on her face as Brad collapsed on top of her, kissing her neck tenderly. Is there anything you can do if your mate cheats on you with your sister?

I, Amelie Ashwood, Reject you, Tate Cozad, as my mate. I REJECT YOU! is what I screamed right before I took the silver blade that I just dipped in a bowl of my own blood to my mate mark. Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her Alpha bloodline. She felt she had that when she found her first mate. After years together, her mate was not the man he claimed to be. Amelie is forced to perform the Rejection Ritual to set herself feel. Her freedom comes at a price, one of which is an ugly black scar."Nothing! There's nothing! Bring her back!" I scream with every part of my being. I knew before he said anything. I felt her in my heart say goodbye and let go. At that moment, an unimaginable pain radiated to my core. Alpha Gideon Alios loses his mate, on which should be the happiest day of his life, the birth of his twins. Gideon doesn't have time to grieve, left mateless, alone, and a newly single father of two infant daughters.Amelie Ashwood and Gideon Alios are two broken werewolves that fate has twisted together. This is their second chance at love, or is it their first? As these two fated mates come together, sinister plots come to life all around them. How will they come unite to keep what they deem the most precious safe?

Indianna Hughs, a perennial wallflower, found solace in the shadows, treasuring her anonymity. However, life had different plans when she was thrust into a new school, shattering her world of quietude. The bustling classroom made her unease palpable, her reluctance to bask in the spotlight evident. Enter Greyson, the enigmatic bad boy, oozing charisma and unpredictability. His curiosity was instantly aroused by Indianna's reticence, and he sought to bridge the gap with his usual charm. Yet, Indianna's guarded demeanor remained unyielding. An unexpected revelation, cloaked in mystery, surfaced as she cautioned him to tread cautiously. Their encounters evolved into a tempestuous dance of attraction and concealed truths. Greyson, unwavering, prodded the uncharted recesses of Indianna's personality, sparking a tantalizing intrigue. But Indianna was more than met the eye, and her enigmatic past guarded the key to her heart. As their tale unfolds in "Unveiling Shadows," it delves into the delicate equilibrium between vulnerability and strength. Layers of Indianna's past and the enigma of Greyson unravel, exposing the hidden desires and truths concealed in their souls. In a world where shadows can no longer veil the truth, their improbable connection sparks a voyage of self-discovery and love. Indianna wrestles with her profound shyness and fervent desire for anonymity. She's accustomed to fading into the background, avoiding attention at all costs. However, her new school and Greyson's relentless pursuit force her out of her comfort zone. She grapples with her insecurities and fear of scrutiny, engendering internal turmoil as she questions her identity and worth. Externally, the narrative revolves around Greyson's relentless quest to breach the walls guarding Indianna's heart. Despite her admonitions and efforts to bury her past, he is resolute in uncovering the truth behind her enigmatic façade. This leads to conflicts and confrontations as Greyson pushes boundaries, inadvertently intensifying Indianna's discomfort. Additionally, external pressures mount from curious peers and classmates who are captivated by the new girl's reserved demeanor, fomenting social tension and awkward situations for Indianna. As the story unfolds, these internal and external struggles become entwined, weaving a dynamic narrative that explores themes of self-acceptance, the potency of vulnerability, and the challenges of opening up to others. This journey profoundly shapes the evolution of both Indianna and Greyson's characters.

Meet the runt of the Pack, Nadia Anderson. Runts are often cared for and protected in packs. But this wasn't the case for Nadia. She had more scars than she would have liked, and everyone in her pack hated her, even going as far as beating her. All for being born basically. To make matters worse her parents left the pack and haven't been heard from since. Meet Hudson Carter the cruellest Alpha of the Blood Moon pack. Everyone fears him he's taken over more packs in his area than any other alpha & recruited them to his pack. The pack everyone knew not to step foot into. Hudson's only rule he stood by was to never disrespect a girl, a rule his beloved mother told him to live by. Amidst all of his power and viciousness he finds his mate, what will he do when he finds out his pack has broken his sacred rule towards his mate.

Ebony is a werewolf from the Blood Moon Pack who has just turned sixteen. She and her mom live on the bad side of town. Keith is a werewolf from the Silvermoon Pack. He will become Alpha on his eighteenth birthday, which is two days away. He is rich and popular. Ebony and Keith can't stand each other. Ebony hates Keith because he and his friends are always bullying her. Keith can't stand Ebony because he thinks that she is poor and weak. Things change on the night Keith turns eighteen and finds out that Ebony is his mate. Now he has to win her heart. Will he succeed in making her his? With not only the past bullying but also from others that will do anything to keep them apart. Is the mate bond as strong as everyone says? Let's find out.

"You never know. Some find their Mate on their eighteenth birthday. You should listen to me and stop messing with unmated she-wolves," my mom said. My name is Keith Monroe, and I live in the Silvermoon Pack. In two days, I will turn eighteen and will be able to find my Mate. Sandy is my girlfriend for now. My mom says I should break up with her before I find my Mate, and I know she's right. I've tried to break up with her a few times, but Sandy always does something to make me change my mind, like today. I told her we should be friends yesterday, and she's in my room, s**king me off this morning. I know I sound like an a**hole, but you're only young once. Don't get me wrong, I want my Mate, but it's not set in stone that I will find her soon. It could take years. ************ "Mate," I heard him say, looking straight at me. Then, he stood up to come to me. I looked up and was shocked. "No," I said and ran out of there as fast as possible. How could my mate be the one person that has hated me for so long? He has made my life a living hell. Ebony is a werewolf from the Blood Moon Pack who has just turned sixteen. She and her mom live on the bad side of town. Keith is a werewolf from the Silver moon Pack. He will become Alpha on his eighteenth birthday, which is two days away. He is rich and popular. Ebony and Keith can't stand each other. Ebony hates Keith because he and his friends are always bullying her. Keith can't stand Ebony because he thinks that she is poor and weak. Things change on the night Keith turns eighteen and finds out that Ebony is his mate. Now he has to win her heart. Will he succeed in making her his? With not only the past bullying but also from others that will do anything to keep them apart. Is the mate bond as strong as everyone says? Let's find out!