StaceSteele

Love First, My Little Wolf Herta Silver never expected her coming-of-age ceremony to end with a mate bond—especially not with Levi Todhunter, the thoughtful Alpha heir who sees past her carefully constructed walls. While tradition demands they complete their bond immediately, Levi makes a choice that shocks everyone: he wants to court her first. "Love first, my little wolf, then we mate." For years, Herta has been told she's worthless, broken, not enough. Conditioned by family cruelty to believe she deserves nothing better than duty and disappointment, she can barely comprehend an Alpha who puts her comfort before ancient customs. When Levi suggests leaving Silverpine territory for his modern Braveclaw pack, it feels like a lifeline—or another way to fail. But healing isn't simple, and old wounds run deep. As Uncle Brent's venomous words echo in her mind and her own insecurities threaten to sabotage everything, Herta must choose between the familiar pain of believing herself unworthy and the terrifying possibility that she might actually deserve love. Can two souls destined by the Moon Goddess build something real when one has been taught she's too damaged to be wanted? In a world where mate bonds usually mean instant claiming, Levi and Herta must navigate a different path—one where emotional connection comes before physical bonding, and true strength means choosing vulnerability over protection. Some traditions are worth breaking for the right person.

She is the Crown Princess of Moon's Fall: masked, untouchable, and the last of her bloodline. He is the stepbrother who never saw her coming. When Alpha King Alexander takes a new queen, Elizabeth gains two stepbrothers she already knows, boys who looked straight through her at the Academy without ever seeing who she truly was. Buck and Elliot Talley are warriors, heirs, and now family. Forbidden in every way that matters. But the heart doesn't care about bloodlines. And the bond doesn't care about the law. She has worn a mask her whole life. The dangerous part isn't taking it off, it's what happens when the wrong people finally see her face.

For seventeen years, I believed I was nothing, Iris Delta, the unwanted orphan tolerated by a pack that saw me as a burden. The Maxwell quad Alpha heirs made sure I knew my place, tormenting me with cruel words and vicious pranks. I was weak, worthless, invisible. I was wrong about everything. On my eighteenth birthday, Alpha Maxwell reveals the truth that changes everything: I'm Seraphina Blackthorne, the last heir of a bloodline thought extinct. My parents didn't abandon me; they were murdered by the Northern Alliance, who believed they'd eliminated every trace of Blackthorne power. They were wrong, too. The moment my wolf Diamond awakens, the mate bond snaps into place with the four men who made my life hell. Fin, Brent, Kane, and Liam, my tormentors, are my fated mates, four pieces of one soul that can only be completed by me. Their cruelty wasn't hatred; it was a fractured soul recognising its missing piece and lashing out in fear. But the Northern Alliance isn't finished. They've come to eliminate the last Blackthorne before I can claim my birthright. What they don't realise is that I'm not just the last heir, I'm the strongest Blackthorne born in three centuries. When divine justice flows through my veins and ghostly wolf spirits answer my call, they'll learn what happens when you try to destroy something the goddess herself has chosen to protect. The Blackthorne line has returned. And this time, we're not going down without a fight.