Mated to the cruel Alpha Kael

a's

the world narrowed i

power, and utterly untouchable. His eyes locked on mine, twin infernos o

ng-an omega, discarded and silenced for most of my life. But somehow, I

" His voice was razor-sharp,

y lungs. "I... I don't know..." I stam

d closer, shadows swallowing his features. Then sudde

gled to breathe. The pressure was unbearable. Hot tears streamed down my ch

e?" His tone was full of disgust. His stare pier

voice cracked into silence. All I c

-courtesy of the woman who raised me. I was used to pain, b

arked and slammed

th from me. His towering form hovered, blocking the light. I cowere

somethin

sed, sniffed the air...and his

almost... unsure. But confusion

!" he hissed. "I'm not...I swear-I don't even know w

thing turned erratic. Gold glimmered in

if trying to outrun something inside himself. "You smell like

d sharply. "No, n

s happening to me?" I asked thro

.. and something else. A fli

his breaths jagged. "You've awakened so

" I cried out, trying to

black, as the world slipped from my grasp. The last thing I saw

..............

ext M

maybe it was all a dream. But the ache in my limbs said

rtless, silent, eyes closed. My hea

red inside me. Leira. M

roat went dry. "Mate?" I breathed, sta

ay omega, unclaimed, unloved. Why wou

ring, "But I'm nothing. Why me?

d. I saw something flicker in his gaze-re

re fated," I said, voice soft. "M

ugh tore out of him...cold,

up. "You think last night mean

s felt l

You're not a mate-you're a mistake

kill you, you're special?" H

overing myself. "You felt

must have erred. There's no universe where

ut I didn't ask for this-I don't even know

way my eyes had grown heavy..."She drugged me,

down at my hands. "Why me? Wh

second, his

xpect me to believe that?" he snapped.

he bed. "Tell me why you're really her

st his chest. "Please... if we're mates

s face. For a moment... I saw doubt. But before

rned swiftly. A warrior stood at the

," the man whispered. Kael's vo

er. He looked between us wi

ad just stepped into our lives...