Rejected Bride Claimed by the Alpha King

“In my past life, I was the invisible, illegitimate daughter of the Sheppard werewolf clan. I gave everything to build my fiancé, Daryl, into a high-ranking official, only to be bled dry and murdered by him. He was a wolfless genetic defect, a monster who used my blood and sweat to pave his way to the top. My family didn't care about my suffering. My cousin Kaelyn was fiercely jealous of my title as an official's wife, completely unaware of the hell I lived in. My stepmother and biological father treated me like disposable trash, ready to sacrifice me to the deadly Alpha King's mate selection just to keep the family's reputation intact. Until my last breath, I couldn't understand why my absolute loyalty was rewarded with such brutal betrayal. Why was I the one slaughtered in the dark while they basked in the glory I had built with my own life? Opening my eyes again, I was back on the freezing night before the mate selection. Hearing Kaelyn crying on the floor, begging our uncle to let her marry Daryl in my place, I didn't fight back. "If Kaelyn truly cannot live without Daryl, I am willing to step aside and go to headquarters." They sneered, thinking they were sending a lowborn pawn to a brutal death trap. They had no idea I was walking straight into the Alpha King's arms to forge a bloody crown, and when I returned, none of them would survive.”