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The Luna That He Rejected The Queen He Could Not Break
Werewolf Omega Vaelira Ashwyn was supposed to become Luna, but instead, she watched the man she loved turn his back on her, in front of the entire werewolf world.
Kaelor Draven, the heir to the Alpha, released his mating essence, but it had chosen another woman.
Scorned, deserted and hunted by those who wanted her dead, Vaelira fled with only the child growing in her.
She was finally rescued by the dreaded Rogue King Raezor Voss and thought that the Moon Goddess had finally shown her mercy. He gave her a home, took her unborn child and loved her. They created the family she had always wanted.
However, there was a bitter price to happiness.
Her young daughter, a rare Nine-Tailed Wolf, suddenly fell ill and died, mysteriously.
The nightmares of vengeance that haunted her ears made Vaelira discover something even more terrifying.
Vaelira, with a burning desire for revenge, is ready to kill the man who killed her family - even if she must smile next to him as she plots his demise.
Proclaiming justice is the first step, however.
When kingdoms go to war and old enemies unite into a new alliance there's a shocking truth that could alter everything she knows about her past - her mate who broke her heart is coming back.
One woman must determine if destiny is worth a second chance in a world where love can be cursed, loyalty can be purchased, and power is purchased with blood... or if some bonds should be forever broken.
The Bet Between Ice And Heart
Young Adult An omega rescued from being destroyed by a war by the alpha's heiress, and became part of the powerful Alpha Valen family and their daughter, Seraphina. Everyone had taken her in and loved– except Kael Valen, the Alpha heir who thought she was just a girl playing behind his family's generosity.
Kael had been hostile toward her for years.
He thought that she was trying to take his sister's boyfriend. He felt that her scholarship was based on influence rather than effort. But, regardless of all of Ayla's proof, he would not accept the truth.
Until one embarrassing evening turned all that around.
A drunken mix up causes Ayla to slap the academy's renowned hockey captain in front of everyone, hurting Kael's pride. When his rival challenges him, he makes a risky bet: He will woo the girl who despises him and get her to fall in love with him.
If he fails, he will forfeit the dream of the professional hockey contract that he's always hoped for.
A game slowly turns into something that neither of them anticipated.
However, secrets have a way of tearing apart even the best relationships.
But when the secret of the bet is exposed, the love that they fought so hard to discover, is what separates them.
But they find themselves surrounded by enemies who are working to destroy them, a future uncertain, and wounds that don't heal, and wonder if their love will last long enough to overcome the lies that drew them together.
Sometimes the hardest fight is not on the ice...
It is a battle between the heart and the pride that cannot be put down. The Morning After The Rebirth
Billionaires Veyra Solenne spent all her life believing her uncle who brought her up after her parents' death.
She believed her uncle to the extent that she married the man chosen by her uncle, even though she did not love him at all.
But on her wedding night, her uncle killed her and exposed his true colors, which were that he had been responsible for arranging the deaths of her parents many years ago, so that he could get hold of their company by making her the CEO and then killing her to make it look like an accident in a plane crash.
And then Veyra wakes up one morning before her graduation, when her wedding is still hours away.
This time she is aware of who has betrayed her.
She does not marry the man chosen by her uncle but rather marries Rhudian Vael, who is her uncle's greatest business rival.
This marriage starts out as a business venture. Together they discover a series of financial crimes including money laundering, embezzlement, tax evasion, and even murder by her uncle. However, there is one catch – the evidence has been planted under Veyra's name.
Her uncle uses the same tricks against her and she ends up being falsely accused of the crimes she did not commit. Rhydian helps her but then information leaks out of his company that implicates Veyra in betraying him.
They get divorced and Veyra is left on her own.
However, she finds out that she is pregnant.
She soon realizes that she is also suffering from cancer and kidney disease.
It is only when Rhydian uncovers the truth and comes back to her that Veyra refuses to forgive him. But when it becomes necessary for her to find a bone marrow donor to save her life, Rhydian becomes her anonymous donor.
Veyra realizes that despite her marrying him for revenge, she might have found the only true love of her life in the man she married.
However, given all that they have lost, will they manage to have a second chance?
The Alpha Second Chance Mate
Werewolf For many years, Elaris Veyne sacrificed her health to keep her mate alive. That's why she was relieved that after years of trying, she finally became pregnant because she hoped their life would change for the better.
However, Elaris' mate desperately needed wolf essence to survive or he would die very soon.
And Elaris made the impossible decision and ended her pregnancy to save her mate's life by donating wolf essence.
She saved his life but when Caedmon Rhyvek woke up, he blamed her for the death of their child which took years of their life.
And as there was no one else, Elaris turned to his best friend, Averic Thorne, a strong and powerful Alpha who had always treated her kindly.
He gave her a place to stay, protection, and care. Their growing feelings eventually developed into something more despite their fear to call it a name.
Then Elaris realized that she was pregnant with Averic's child.
And before she could tell him, his former lover came back claiming that she was also pregnant with his child.
And now Elaris had to live under one roof with the woman who wanted to kill her. But even worse, when Averic's mother died under mysterious circumstances, Elaris was accused of the murder and even Averic didn't believe her anymore.
Heartbroken, Elaris left him.
However, when Averic finally realized what mistake he had made and begged for forgiveness, Elaris refused to listen to him.
And getting back the woman he loves would cost Averic everything...including his wolf and throne.
The True Luna They Tried To Kill
Werewolf Orphaned, Vaelith Ashwyn has only the small room and daily meals she has from being the breeder of the Moonridge Pack. Not the life she had envisioned, but it is enough to survive... until a strange accident at the Alpha's mating ceremony leaves her as the Luna's greatest enemy.
Shortly after, Vaelith finds herself pregnant with the alphas child and the Luna decides that the mother and child must not be allowed to live. Betrayed by the pack she faithfully served, Vaelith is hunted through the forest and left for dead.
The feared Rogue King, Rhazien Draven saves her life.
Vaelith finds safety, love, and a family she can call her own, for the first time. Her boy knows no bounds after giving birth to her exceptional son, a rare nine-tailed wolf, but that joy is short lived as her son dies shortly after coming into the world.
Death is not the end, though.
Vaelith is haunted by his child's restless spirit, and starts to seek the truth about his mysterious disease. Each answer brings her to darker secrets, forbidden magic, a betrayal that shatters everything she thought she had rebuilt.
Heartbroken, war looming, Vaelith emerges from a mother of mourning to a ruthless queen who will take matters into her own hands to seek justice. She will have to find her way back to the one place she swore she'd never go back, and stand by the side of the Alpha whose fate was tied to hers long before they knew the truth.
There are some debts that can only be repaid with blood.
And sometimes...
The Moon owes justice to the woman it betrayed.
Reborn To Reclaim The Alpha Crown
Werewolf At her 19th birthday, Lyra Ashthorne was crowned as the Alpha of Silvercrest, the wealthiest and most powerful pack in the empire. However, immediately after her coronation, rogues abduct her, and three days later, she is killed.
As she is about to die, Lyra glimpses what will killed her.
It's the silver dagger she personally gave to the man she loved, her faithful knight Kael Draven.
Lyra dies in hatred and regret that the one person she could ever trust with her heart, betrayed her.
However, she is given one more opportunity by fate.
On the morning of her 19th birthday, she awakens with all of her memories of her former life intact.
This time, she isn't going to be the victim.
Lyra is determined to find out the truth and alters the choices that led her to death in the past. As she secretly observes those around her, she is only getting more questions than answers. The knight who she thinks killed her is risking his life to protect her, and the uncle who fought for her right to rule seems to be harboring sinister secrets.
As Lyra finds herself surrounded by familiar faces and faces her enemies anew, she must question who she can trust before history repeats itself.
But betrayal, lies, and political intrigue are threatening to bring down the entire family she has created, and Lyra will do everything in her power to reclaim the throne that was stolen from her.
The Betrayed Luna Claimed By The Lycan King
Werewolf Isabella Hart was the faithful Luna of Shadowfang Pack and the gifted healer of the pack. Upon the death of the Alpha's ill mother that was under her care, Isabella anticipated grief. She did not expect betrayal.
Being accused of murder, rejected by her mate, and condemned by the council, Isabella has lost everything in one night. Her own closest friend even testified against her. Being taken to the dungeon when pregnant, the world of Isabella collapsed even more when she was informed that her baby was born dead.
But fate had other plans.
The night before her execution, Lucien, the Lycan king of rogues had raided the pack and captured her. Rather than killing her, he gave her a deal- assist him to destroy the Alpha that betrayed her and he would grant her the revenge that she deserved.
Together, Isabella and Lucien gradually destroyed Shadowfang pack. However, when secrets start to reveal themselves, Isabella finds out the truth regarding her child, her betrayal and the man she believed she knew.
She has now to choose who is her real enemy and who is the real owner of her heart.
Since the Lycan king did not simply take the Alpha Luna's.
He even might have stolen her destiny.
My Husband Wanted My Kidney
Romance Nelson Smith has been struggling for survival due to kidney failure. Without a transplant, he has less than four months to live.
No one in his family matched after tests were done. Not even his siblings, parents or cousins, except for one person, Janice Capuno, his wife.
Janice used to be the darling of a wealthy Dynasty, until she hid her identity and married the man she loves, Nelson Smith, against her parent's wishes.
Instead of getting love, she was treated like a servant by her mother-in-law, mocked as a gold-digger by her sister in-law, but for her husband, his love towards her remained unshakable. He'd never ceased defending and protecting her from his family, that's why when the doctors confirmed her to be a match, she didn't hesitate to get herself cut open to save Nelson's life.
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There was barely thirty minutes to the surgery, and Janice was already in her hospital gown, waiting to get cut and her kidney given out to save her husband's life, when the reality of everything she had believed in came changing in her eyes.
"Babe....my phone...switch it off...battery." Nelson pointed to his bag weakly before the sedative took full action on him. Just before she'll put the phone off, a WhatsApp notification suddenly popped up. It was from Tricia, his University ex-girlfriend.
"Baby, has the fool gone into the theatre yet? I can't wait for this to be over. Once you get the kidney, we're done with her." The message read.
The Alpha Queen Who Refused To Kneel
Werewolf They said she could never lead.
They said her bloodline meant nothing without a man to wield it.
Serena Vale, daughter of the late Alpha of the Mooncrest Pack, was born to inherit a throne-but her world only bows to men. To defy fate, she cloaks herself in her cousin's identity and enters Alpha Dominion Academy, determined to prove her worth.
But every lie comes at a cost. Her closest rival-and roommate-is Damien Blackthorn, heir to the most feared pack. When sparks ignite between them, Serena risks her secret, her heart, and her legacy.
When betrayal shatters her disguise, Serena loses everything-her family, her honor, and the future she fought for. Cast into exile, she rebuilds herself as a mother to a secret heir... until war forces her back into the path of the mate who abandoned her.
Now, destiny offers her a cruel choice:
Forgive the wolf who destroyed her.
Or rise as the Alpha Queen who will burn the world to claim her crown.
Mated To A Mafia Boss
Mafia Mia's life has been a relentless struggle-caring for her ailing mother and battling crushing debt. In a desperate bid to save her family, she signs a chilling contract, pledging herself as a "pet" to Jasper, a ruthless Mafia boss with a shadowy past. Bound by his strict rules and thrust into perilous missions, Mia becomes entangled in his dark world, even fulfilling his forbidden desires.
But as their icy relationship thaws, Mia's world is turned upside down when she undergoes a shocking transformation-she's a werewolf, the daughter of a powerful Alpha with a vendetta against humanity. Her father demands she embrace her heritage, take his place as leader, and honor a sinister betrothal. Yet fate has its own plans: Jasper, the enigmatic man she's sworn to hate, is her destined mate.
Torn between two worlds, Mia must choose-will she accept her true nature or fight to cling to her humanity? Can Jasper, a man hardened by betrayal, surrender to the idea of being mated to a werewolf? Or will their turbulent pasts and the dangerous forces around them tear them apart forever?
Dive into this gripping tale of love, betrayal, vengeance, and romance where the lines between loyalty and desire blur, and nothing is as it seems. You might like
Jilted Girlfriend? I Am The Tycoon's Wife
Dolores Cara Lewis sat quietly as her boyfriend of three years pushed a plate of dessert across the table, wearing a rehearsed mask of sorrow.
He claimed he had to break up with her for her own good, blaming his lack of connections on Wall Street and insisting he couldn't give her the life she deserved.
He acted like a martyr making a tragic sacrifice, waiting for her desperate tears and trembling denial.
Instead, Cara calmly pulled out a stack of glossy photos and an elegant engagement invitation.
She exposed his secret affair with the wealthy Hailie Lewis, completely dismantling his hypocritical social climb.
Leaving the cheating narcissist pale and humiliated, Cara paid the bill and walked out, thinking the trash had finally been taken out.
But her newly single evening took a chaotic turn when a teenage gaming partner called in a panic.
He begged her to crash his elite prep school and pose as his aunt to save him from expulsion.
Cara agreed, flawlessly playing the role of the secret new wife to his uncle, a notoriously ruthless Wall Street titan.
She was thoroughly dominating the snobby school board when the office doors suddenly swung open.
The real billionaire uncle, Beck Greer, walked into the room.
Cara's heart dropped into her stomach as his glacial eyes locked onto her, knowing her social existence in New York was about to end.
Caught in a terrifying, inescapable lie, Cara made an insane calculation.
She stepped forward, firmly hooked her arm through the billionaire's, and smiled sweetly.
"Honey, what took you so long? Julian and I were being bullied."
She waited for the executioner's axe to fall, but the untouchable tycoon simply covered her hand with his and played along. THREE-YEARS CONTRACT MARRIAGE WITH THE HOT BILLIONAIRE
Ashley Ray "Sign the contract, or lose everything."
I stared at the papers that would seal my fate-a three-year marriage to Julian Blackwood, the ruthless billionaire they call the Ice King.
My family didn't ask. They demanded. My father's company was drowning, my stepsister's engagement had exploded, and I was the replacement bride they could sacrifice. Just another transaction.
Julian made it clear on our wedding day: "Don't expect affection. Don't expect companionship. Certainly don't expect love."
He refused to kiss me at the altar. He gave me a bedroom down the hall and told me to stay out of his way. I was Mrs. Blackwood in name only-a contract, a convenience, a means to an end.
I accepted it. I had survived twelve years of abuse in my own home. I could survive three years of indifference in his.
But then Nate, Julian's best friend, showed me kindness, and suddenly my cold husband became possessive. When my sister attacked me, he became protective.
Now the man who promised me nothing is fighting his own father to keep me. The marriage that was supposed to be fake is becoming terrifyingly real and the secrets about my mother's death are threatening to destroy everything.
They said Julian Blackwood destroys everything he touches. What they didn't tell me... is that sometimes destruction is exactly what you need to be reborn.
With a pregnancy involved, how was I going to end this three-year marriage peacefully?
Jilted Ex-Wife? The Secret Billionaire Heiress!
Hei Baidong I was in the hospital, enduring the agonizing pain of labor, while my husband, a famous hockey captain, refused to show up.
When I called him for the twelfth time, begging for him, he lost his patience.
"Giving birth is a woman's job, don't bother me with this stuff."
Then, I heard my stepsister's sweet voice offering him a drink, and he immediately softened before hanging up on me.
I gave birth to twins all by myself.
The nurses treated me with cold indifference, and the family in the next bed loudly mocked me as a pathetic "Puck Bunny" who was just an adopted orphan about to be dumped.
They were right. A month ago, my husband had thrown divorce papers at me, demanding I make way because my stepsister was pregnant with his child.
I thought my life was a joke. I was just a discarded prop he married to satisfy his grandfather, a fake daughter my adoptive parents only used to elevate my stepsister.
I was completely alone, ready to sign the papers just to protect my two babies.
But then, the head of the hospital rushed in, transferred me to the top-floor VIP suite, and handed me a DNA test.
It turned out I wasn't an unwanted orphan, but the long-lost daughter of the ultra-wealthy Sinclair family who had been searching for me for twenty years.
Looking at my billionaire parents and three powerful brothers who just flew in on their private jets to protect me, I picked up my phone to call my arrogant husband.
This time, I was going to make him leave with nothing. Shielded By The Ruthless Military Boss
Mo Yufei I was an intern nurse working exhausting shifts, yet my mother constantly forced me into blind dates with wealthy, arrogant men to secure our family's social standing.
During a terrifying hospital lockdown, an assassin disguised as a doctor held a scalpel to my throat. I was almost killed, but a high-ranking military colonel threw his own body down a flight of concrete stairs to shield me.
I survived with cuts and bruises, but when I went home, my mother didn't care about my near-death experience. She was only furious that I had rushed out on my blind date with Preston, a rich financial analyst.
She forced me to meet him to apologize. When Preston grabbed my arm, bruised me, and mocked my attack as a pathetic lie, my mother still took his side.
"Men get angry," she told me coldly. "It's your job not to provoke them. You will beg for his forgiveness, or you are no longer welcome in this house."
I had narrowly escaped an assassin, yet my own family was willing to feed me to a monster just for a fat paycheck and neighborhood gossip.
My heart went completely dead.
So, when the intimidating Colonel appeared, offering me maximum military protection through a sudden marriage, I didn't hesitate.
I walked back into my parents' house and calmly slapped a crisp marriage certificate onto the coffee table.
"I won't be apologizing to Preston. I got married today." Jilted Wife Returns As A Billionaire Heiress
Paula Gardini Chloe had just given birth to twins, lying exhausted in a cramped, bustling hospital ward.
When she called her husband, Julian, he was busy partying with his actress mistress. He coldly hung up on her, having already drafted a brutal divorce agreement that would leave her with a pittance.
Strangers in the next bed loudly mocked her pitiful state, gossiping about how Julian was dumping her. For years, Chloe had erased her own identity to fit into his elite world, only to be thrown away like garbage. She was completely alone, clutching her helpless babies, bracing herself to sign the cruel papers just to survive.
She couldn't understand why her absolute devotion was met with such chilling indifference. Why did she have to suffer this ultimate humiliation while he celebrated with the woman who ruined her life?
But then, a senior doctor noticed a unique mole on her wrist and ran a secret DNA test. The results were staggering: Chloe was the long-lost daughter of the billionaire Beaumont family. With her fiercely protective parents and three powerful brothers suddenly forming an impenetrable fortress around her, Chloe picked up her phone and texted her arrogant husband.
"City Hall tomorrow at 10 AM. If you don't show up, my lawyer will handle everything. And trust me, you won't like their terms." His Unwanted Wife Is A Genius Director
UsagiChan77 For ten years, Kinsley played the perfect, invisible wife to billionaire Christian Decker.
She lived on a meager allowance, secretly pouring her heart into earning first place for a prestigious Hollywood directing fellowship.
But on the day her gold-stamped acceptance letter arrived, she stood outside his study and heard him give her hard-earned spot to Blair, his live-in mistress.
Christian casually dismissed Kinsley's months of grueling work, claiming a mere housewife didn't need industry resources.
He threw an unlimited black credit card on the desk, telling her to go buy some jewelry and stop throwing a tantrum.
That same night, he paraded Blair at a Wall Street gala wearing the Decker family's heirloom sapphire, letting Manhattan's elite look at Kinsley with pity and mockery.
When Blair boldly moved into their master bedroom, Christian fiercely defended the mistress, warning Kinsley not to cause a scene over nothing.
Ten years of quiet devotion were trampled for a fake heiress's vanity. Kinsley looked at the man she had loved, her heart turning completely to ash.
She finally understood that in this massive estate, there was never any room for her.
She took off her platinum wedding ring, left all his luxury gifts behind, and walked out of the mansion empty-handed.
Then, she calmly dialed a private number to her production team.
"Scrap the fellowship transition. I'm taking the director's chair directly."
She was going to make Blair audition for her on a global live stream, and let Christian watch his precious investment burn. The Hockey Prince's Secret Ice Queen
Lila All I wanted was to find a computer genius to process the non-linear dynamic equations for my ecological model.
Instead, I found myself cornered by Julian Andrews, the university's hockey prince, trading a public, staged kiss for his academic support.
To finalize our "deal," I was dragged to the campus ice rink.
The cheerleaders and puck bunnies immediately swarmed him, mocking my plain clothes and treating me like a pathetic joke.
Brooke, the head cheerleader, even set up a figure skating competition with a date with Julian as the grand prize.
She performed a basic spin, blew him a kiss, and smugly waited for me to fall flat on my face and humiliate myself.
His hockey teammates laughed from the sidelines, watching me try to support Julian as he stumbled around the ice like a newborn giraffe.
But as I held his warm hand to keep him from falling, I couldn't help but feel something was terribly wrong.
Why was a top-tier athlete faking such awful balance?
And why did his ice-blue eyes stare at me with such knowing anticipation, as if he already knew about the professional figure skating past I had spent years trying to bury?
"Just let go and skate."
He whispered, slowly releasing my hand.
I took a deep breath, glided to the center of the rink, and landed a flawless double Axel.
As the entire rink fell into a dead, shocked silence, I realized I had just exposed not only my own hidden past, but also the biggest secret of the campus god. She Left With His Secret Child And Built Her Own Throne
Le Trèfle On the night of their wedding anniversary, Elara received divorce papers instead of a heartfelt declaration of love-handed to her by a man whose gaze no longer saw her.
Her husband, Kaelan, had decided to end their marriage without ever truly explaining why.
But the worst was yet to come: Elara walked in on Kaelan and her closest friend in the bed they used to share.
Devastated, she signed the papers and left. Inside her, however, she carried a secret she would share with no one: a child belonging to a man she could no longer call her own.
Years later, Elara reinvented herself in Seattle. She now ran an art gallery and had won an international award.
Her loyal business partner, Noah, offered her a friendship that increasingly blurred the line into love. It was a tenderness she gently pushed away, just as she refused to allow herself to heal.
Meanwhile, Kaelan hadn't moved on either. He'd never been able to forget her. He ultimately chose Seattle as the venue for his next jewelry exhibition.
Now, as he drew near once again, only one question mattered: How far can you run from the person who shattered your heart when your child has their eyes and, despite everything, your heart still leaps at the sound of their approach? The Jilted Biker Heiress's Spectacular Comeback
Out Of Town "From tonight on, Farrah is my one and only Old Lady! As for you, Sloane... you're just my personal bed-warmer."
In the deafening roar of the crowded motorcycle club, my boyfriend of five years hauled another woman against his chest, publicly stripping me of my title.
The entire room erupted in laughter, waiting for the "helpless orphan" to break down and cry.
His bloodsucking mother and sister smirked in the crowd. For five years, I had served their family like an unpaid maid, secretly bleeding my dead father's legacy dry just to pay off their debts. Now, they were thrilled to see me thrown into the dirt.
Beau pinched my chin, offering his mercy like a king to a beggar. "As long as you know your place and stay in the basement to do the chores, I'll generously let you be my secret baby mama. It's the greatest mercy a cursed orphan with a dead bloodline will ever get."
They thought they had stripped me of everything. They expected me to crawl on my knees and beg for their scraps.
The very next morning, I broke into their safe, took back my stolen inheritance and the keys to my father's legendary motorcycle, and rode straight to the National President-the man who held the absolute power of life and death over the entire outlaw world.
When Beau smugly swaggered into the President's office, fully expecting to find me begging on my knees for him to take me back, he was instead slapped in the face with a wax-sealed document of formal severance.
"She is a free agent now. Anyone who touches her answers to my gavel."
I straddled my father's roaring heavy chopper, looking down at my ex's humiliated, panicked face.
"This is just the beginning, Beau. I'm going to make your family bleed out everything you stole."
But what I didn't realize was that the moment I took my first step toward revenge, the dangerously wild man I collided with in the dark the night before-the one wearing the forbidden insignia of the absolute royal bloodline-had already locked his sights on me like a predator claiming his prey... Pampered By The Ruthless Biker Boss
Anywho After six years away, I returned to my hometown with a single suitcase and a picture of my fiancé tangled up with my stepsister.
I thought it was just a simple, disgusting betrayal, but when I planted a bug in their private suite to get a confession, I heard a truth that froze my blood.
My fiancé, Leo, laughed about how my own father had already signed over my mother's legacy-The Nightingale Ranch-as collateral to his powerful family.
"Once this is all done, Claire will have nothing. And the woman you marry will be me," my stepsister Jenna cheered.
Leo cooed back, calling me a stray dog he'd kick to the curb once he was bored, a worthless woman who couldn't even hold onto her family's land.
My family had sold me out, and the man I loved was planning to leave me with absolutely nothing.
I didn't cry. The pain burned away into a cold, hard hate. How could my own father conspire with them to destroy the only thing I had left of my mother?
I crashed their prestigious charity auction and played their filthy recording over the speakers for the entire town to hear.
But when Leo charged at me in a murderous rage, a wall of leather and muscle stepped in front of me.
Kade "Chaos" Peterson, the terrifying President of the rival motorcycle club, crushed Leo's wrist and announced to the stunned room, "She's with me now."