Cerise R. Wood

"Stabbed by her beloved man and best friend, Valentina chose to rewrite her fate and embrace who she truly is. However, her journey to her new life was filled with thorns when she discovered her pack was in chaos and her father was enchanted by a woman named Carmella. The road was bumpier and filled with blood as she walked on. But it turned even more troublesome when fate slapped her with a man who was cold and obsessive about her—her second chance mate, the Lycan King Andres Donovan himself. He seemed to have known her, hiding something she wasn't aware of. Fighting against the rising tide of ambition, betrayal, and war, can Valentina survive the storm? As love and treachery intertwine, and factions battle for her extraordinary gifts, how will Andres protect his lover this time? __________ ""Why can't you just leave me alone?"" Valentina screamed at the man, frustrated. She wanted nothing to do with him, not after she had the share of her cruel past. He stepped forward and with a swift move, pinned her against the tree, grazing her marking spot. ""Because, little wolf, that is not going to happen ever again.”"

"""You were his Luna,"" Lucien's voice was silk wrapped in steel, his golden eyes burning through the shadows. ""But you were always meant to be mine."" Evelara's breath hitched, though her tone was cold. ""You think I'll fall into your bed just because you're the Supreme?"" A dark smirk curved his lips. ""No. You'll fall because your body remembers what your heart refuses to admit... that I'm the bond he never deserved."" ——————— Evelara Stormrune's life shatters the moment she finds her mate, Alpha Callum Brooksbane, entangled with his mistress. Worse, the son she had devoted her life to, had wanted his father's mistress to become his mother. Betrayed. Humiliated. Rejected. She walks away, determined never to let a man define her again. But fate isn't finished with her... When the Alpha Supreme, Lucien Virek, takes notice of the broken Luna, Evelara is pulled into a dangerous game of desire, vengeance, and secrets buried deeper than the bloodlines of their kind. Lucien is everything Callum is not—ruthless, untouchable, intoxicating. Yet he hides scars as jagged as her own. Now, caught between the wreckage of her past and the fire of a forbidden bond, Evelara must decide: Will she surrender to the King who could consume her whole... or will she rise from the ashes and make even a Lycan kneel?"