Chapter 1 Cassy stood in a line of wrapper-clad women, staring wide-eyed at the castle’s front with the rest of the women. Like them, she was bundled in a colorful wrapper like she was some gift to be offered to someone. She picked at the hem of the obscene material, feeling rather uncomfortable with the way her round bosoms jutted out of it and how it clung to every curve and corner of her body. She might have as well been naked. Cassy had no idea why she was there. She had awoken to her father’s howl of pain and her door had been knocked down by men she didn’t know, hadn’t met before. She had been hoisted and tossed over the shoulder of one of the men. Her parents had tried—not that they could do much against the men who had taken her. The power they exuded was nothing an Omega could fight against. If her father’s split lip was any indication of that little fact. She blinked back the tears that sprang to her eyes from the thought of it. She wondered how they were d

Chapter 3 Cassy walked into the room and she saw Alpha Lino sitting by the edge of the bed. His gaze rose from the cackling fire hearth and he stood, towering well above her. He took soundless steps towards her and Cassy's breaths came faster. Unable to hold his hazel gaze again, Cassy's head dropped. The aura about him was domineering. She had never stood close enough to an Alpha before. It felt like being crushed under a boulder. Her shoulders curved in and she trembled with fear. She gripped the light silhouette of her gown hard enough to crumple to soft material, as she tried to control herself. Her fear. "Look at me," Alpha Lino said. Cassy couldn't. She couldn't raise her gaze. His aura was crushing. A whimper escaped her lips and the pressure lessened. Her gaze lifted, slowly, and met with his hazel eyes. They were softer than they were earlier but something else shimmered there. Something she didn't understand. His gaze raked her body once more and he

Chapter 5 Two months later, Cassy's father brought her before Alpha Lino. She had taken in. Alpha Lino had taken Cassy into his arms and spun her around, howling in delight. Cassy, despite herself and her waring hormones, she laughed. Alpha Lino had realized what he was doing and he'd dropped her, murmuring an apology, with his face beet-red. And Goddess help her, Cassy found the Alpha oddly handsome when he was flustered. Cassy's pregnancy had been a surprise to everyone. Most had believed that the Alpha couldn't have a child. Or rather, couldn't father a child. However, she had proved them wrong. If her constant morning sickness and dizzy spells in the castle were any indication. Eleanor watched Cassy from afar. Watched how the woman grew closer to her mate with each passing day. Watched how Alpha Lino doted on the woman and visited her chambers frequently. She couldn't remember the last time her mate had graced her chambers since the news came. Every eye that tu

As Cassy followed Eleanor through the forest, she stole glances at the woman. Her posture was stiff and she didn't so much as spare Cassy a glance. "You don't like me much, do you?" Eleanor smiled. "I'm sure we can set aside our differences for the better of the pack. For the Alpha's child in your womb." Cassy's shoulders caved. "I'm really sorry, about all of this. I really didn't want any of it." Cassy meant it. She felt for Eleanor and she was going to give Lino a piece of her mind when they returned. "It's alright. I understand," Eleanor answered and flashed her another bright smile before inclining her head to a different path. "This way. People rarely come here. Only Lunas can walk here. " Cassy nodded, following her deeper into the forest. The walk was refreshing and the chirping of birds filled the air. She felt the slight change in the aura when they stepped foot into it. The serenity of it. The strength in the air. The way time seemed to sti

The moon goddess watched the woman on the floor, angling her head with the grace only an immortal could attain. The woman was already dead, and the baby in her belly dead long before she did. The goddess would have struck the woman who had dared to spill innocent blood on her sacred grounds without mercy dead but it the woman's life was not hers to claim anymore. Eleanor Badminton's life was Cassy Benson's to claim. The Moon Goddess frowned as she mulled over a thought. The dead woman's last moments surfaced. Blue eyes filled with pain had looked to the skies and to her and the woman had pleaded. For once chance. To live again. To make it right. To avenge the life of the child she had loved so much. The Moon Goddess wasn't prone to violence. She detested it. However, she could see the lines of the future falling into place. She had blessed Cassy with the child, therefore blessing her favored Alpha, Lino. What had occurred was a fluke that needed to be corrected and th