Her Chosen Mate

the ground, echoing with a chilling familiarity, the same

commanding. Every step sent a wave of dread through me, but I

the voice commanded

ed blade. "Who are you to come here and try to stop

the pack members snarled, ready to attack. But he didn't flinch or

he sudden tension rippling through the pack. Lucian's

p at him. He was tall, his dark hair brushing his shoulders, and his eyes glowed with a strange intensity that sent

ncing in my direction. "Let me handle her

growled, lunging forward. But Frederick grabbed hi

cruel grin, flashing a look of hatred in my

his grip on my wrist and pulling me away. The force of his hold made my body ache, b

wn my eyes. I didn't know how I could thank him enough for s

g a surge of gratitude. But he looked away,

's side, he glanced back at me. "Don't thank me. I didn't

dn't be happening...but before I could process it, his hand gri

ught in my throat. I sat there, silent and numb, as the car drove away fr

our mate, he will share your rare traits...red

out, and I found myself standing before a mansion. Dark, ancient, and grand, it loo

The interior was colder than the night air outside, filled with dark tapestries and flickering torches casting eerie shadows o

spered, my voice swal

ing at me, his tone as cold as the stone w

y lit, with a narrow bed, a rough wooden table, and a small window barely letting in any moonlig

Lucian said. "Your d

ded. "What...

eyes cold. "You'll le

my mind racing. Everything I'd known, my mother, my pack, my freedom, was slipping away. Now,

to see a woman dressed in a white blouse and

ed as I slowly rose from th

led, my voice weak

she quickly looked down. "The Alpha asked me to show y

stood up and followed her out of the room. The hallway was dimly lit, lined with towe

sound on the stone floors. The vastness of the mansion overwhelmed me; the a

family for generations," she murmured as w

lled with folded clothes and various supplies. She handed me a fresh set of clo

as who live in this mansion," she said quietly, glancing over her shoulder as if afraid someone might overhear. "Alpha Lucian can be a bit kind, thoug

ne what his brother must be like. I wanted to ask her what my fate would be, but f

sorbing every warning she gave. We continued up the

rone-like chair with a bottle of liquor on the table before him.

over me from head to toe, assessing.