Marked From Birth

Marked From Birth

Ruthie B

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She was the daughter they tried to erase. Now, she is the Queen they cannot escape. In the Moon Shadow Pack, Audrey is a ghost in her own home. Born on a night of prophecy but appearing to be a "powerless" human, she has spent twenty-one years as a servant to her cruel stepmother and her pampered half-sister, Samantha. Her father, the Alpha, looks at her and sees only the death of his beloved wife-a stain on his legacy that needs to be removed. When a marriage alliance is struck with the powerful and mysterious Silver Pack, Audrey's family concocts a deadly plan. They will veil Audrey and swap her for Samantha, sending her to marry the blind Alpha, Lucas. They believe the union will kill her instantly, leaving the path clear for Samantha to claim the crown once the "sacrifice" is complete. But the prophecy had a secret. The moment Lucas claims his bride, his sight is restored, and the power dormant in Audrey's blood erupts. She isn't a human, and she isn't a mere werewolf-she is the long-lost White Wolf, the True Luna of the Silver Pack. As Audrey rises from the ashes of her betrayal, she is no longer the girl who cowers in the shadows. With a powerful Alpha at her side and an ancient magic in her veins, she is returning home. And this time, it won't be to serve-it will be to burn down the house that tried to destroy her.

Chapter 1 THE GIRL BORN OF ASH

"Oh, you worthless, pathetic girl!" The words struck Audrey before the physical blow did. Samantha's hand shoved Audrey's shoulder with the force of a girl who knew she had a wolf's strength brewing in her veins. Audrey stumbled, her knees hitting the cold, polished tile of the main hallway with a sickening thud. Audrey winced, her skin stinging, but she didn't look up immediately. She knew what she would see: Samantha standing tall in a designer silk dress, her glossy dark hair shimmering under the chandelier-a perfect image of a princess, if not for the ugly sneer twisting her lips.

"Samantha..." Audrey's voice was a fragile whisper, trembling with twenty-one years of accumulated hurt. "What have I ever done to make you hate me this much?" Samantha scoffed, a sharp, metallic sound that echoed off the high ceilings. She leaned down, her expensive perfume-scented like lilies and cold rain-cloying in Audrey's lungs. "Just your existence is enough," she hissed. "You're a stain on this pack. A good-for-nothing human breathing our air." With a triumphant click of her heels, Samantha turned and walked away, leaving Audrey alone on the floor. Audrey slowly picked herself up, brushing the dust from her simple, faded cotton dress. It was a stark contrast to the opulence of the Moon Shadow Manor. As the firstborn daughter of Alpha Terren, she should have been draped in jewels. Instead, she was the shadow in the corner, the ghost behind the throne. She hurried toward her room, keeping her head down. She didn't want to run into her father. In this house, Alpha Terren was not a protector; he was a storm. Once inside her room-a cramped, bare space tucked into the far corner of the servants' wing-she leaned against the door and let the first tear fall. Her room held nothing but a narrow bed and a single, cracked mirror. It was the only place she felt safe, though "safe" was a generous word for a prison. Audrey's life had been a series of tragedies starting the very second she was born. Her mother, the beautiful Luna Elena, had bled out while holding Audrey for the first and last time. Her father hadn't seen a miracle in his daughter's eyes; he had only seen the reason his world had ended. Grief had festered into a cold, hard hatred that turned his heart to stone. Then came Luna Selene. Selene was a woman of sharp angles and even sharper ambitions. She had married Terren and birthed Samantha, but she lived in the constant shadow of a dead woman. No matter how much she tried to rule the pack, she knew Terren still kept Elena's memory locked in a secret part of his soul. Selene took that insecurity out on Audrey, and she had raised Samantha to do the same. They had tried to "get rid" of Audrey several times-"accidents" in the woods, "forgotten" meals-but somehow, she always survived. It was as if a guardian angel was holding her hand through the dark. The true rejection, however, had come on her eighteenth birthday. In the Moon Shadow Pack, eighteen was the year of the Awakening. It was the night a wolf was supposed to howl for the first time, and unique powers were revealed. Audrey had spent that night sitting on her floor, staring at the moon, waiting for the shift, the heat, the power. It never came. Morning had found her still human. Still weak. Her father's disappointment had turned into a permanent disgust. He stopped calling her by her name. He called her worthless. Then, two years later, Samantha turned eighteen. The house had vibrated with energy that night. Samantha's wolf had awakened with a burst of elemental power, a shimmering blue aura that marked her as special. The pack had roared in celebration. There had been a grand dinner with roasted meats, vintage wines, and music that shook the walls. Audrey hadn't been invited. She had been ordered to stay in her room so she wouldn't "embarrass the bloodline" with her human presence. She had spent that night with a pillow over her ears, weeping until her eyes were so swollen she couldn't see. Now, at twenty-one, she was a servant in her own home. She washed the dishes Samantha soiled, laundered the clothes Selene wore, and cooked meals she wasn't allowed to eat at the table. She was a ghost amongst the living, a girl whose only crime was surviving when her mother didn't. But as the clock ticked toward the midnight hour of her twenty-first birthday, the air in her small room began to change. The shadows seemed to stir. A strange, humming heat began to radiate from her marrow-a heat far more intense than anything she had felt before. The prophecy made twenty-one years ago was about to wake up.

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Marked From Birth
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Chapter 1 THE GIRL BORN OF ASH

01/01/2026

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Chapter 2 THE SIGHTLESS KING AND THE SILVER VOW

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Chapter 3 THE GOLDEN AWAKENING

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Chapter 4 THE SILVER LUNA

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Chapter 5 THE FUNERAL FOR THE LIVING

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Chapter 6 THE MOON'S JUSTICE

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Chapter 7 THE CROWN OF ASHES

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Chapter 8 The weight of The Dawn

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Chapter 9 Walls of Silver and Bone

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Chapter 10 The Quiet Before The Storm

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Chapter 11 The Blood-Steel and The Sun

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Chapter 12 The Whispering Pines

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Chapter 13 The Price Of A Soul

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Chapter 14 The Stranger In The Mirror

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Chapter 15 The Judges Of The Moon

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Chapter 16 The Trial of the Mind

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Chapter 17 The Echo in the Bone

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Chapter 18 The Salt and the Stars

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Chapter 19 The War Table

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Chapter 20 The Solar Mandate

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Chapter 21 The War Room Betrayal

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Chapter 22 The Eclipse of Blood

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Chapter 23 The Judgment of the Sun

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Chapter 24 The Coronation of Light

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Chapter 25 The Horizon

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Chapter 26 The Iron Decree

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Chapter 27 The Road to Iron Ridge

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Chapter 28 The Judas Strike

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Chapter 29 The Scent of Betrayal

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Chapter 30 The Eclipse of the Heart

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Chapter 31 THE PRICE OF THE SUN

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Chapter 32 THE HUMAN QUEEN

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Chapter 33 SHADOWS IN THE SILVER

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Chapter 34 THE GARDEN OF WHISPERS

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Chapter 35 THE BLOOD OF THE SISTERS

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Chapter 36 THE MEMORY OF SILVER

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Chapter 37 THE GHOST OF A BOND

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Chapter 38 THE ARCHIVES OF THE FALLEN

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Chapter 39 THE CRIMSON SEAL

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Chapter 40 THE GREAT ESCAPE

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