Chained by Affection

Waking up to warm sunlight in her mate's bedroom, she is gripped by the terrifying certainty that she should be dead. Struggling against a tight chest and the lingering ghost of a bone-deep, icy demise, she grips the cotton sheets in disbelief. Surrounded by the familiar pale gray walls she helped Damien choose years ago, she must confront the horrifying reality of her survival after a ultimate betrayal.

For years, she kept vigil over her father's grave, honoring the hero who fell protecting their pack. Then came the night she found his sacred runestone swapped for cheap pink marble, his ashes discarded into the flooded Under-Crypts. The culprit was Kael, her fated mate and future Alpha, who ordered the desecration to bury a dead dog for Selene, an Omega he hoped to impress. When confronted, he mocked her grief, believing she was merely a weak Beta tending graves. But he never knew she carried the bloodline of the White Wolf. Without tears, she gathered evidence and petitioned the Supreme Council to strip his title, exile his accomplices, and sever their bond completely.

Betrayed by her fated mate, who chose her best friend over their sacred bond, a heartbroken werewolf finds herself cast aside and humiliated. However, she refuses to fade into the shadows. Fueled by a desire for justice and reclamation, she embarks on a journey to seize the power and status she was denied. As she rises from the ashes of her old life, she systematically strips away everything her former lover holds dear to forge a new destiny.

After waking up in her younger body, the protagonist of this fantasy novel decides to change her fate. Despite being the Luna to Ethan, the continent's most desired Alpha, she refuses to repeat a life of being ignored. She presents a bond-breaking contract to his old flame, Isabella, offering up her mate and their twin cubs. Tired of being sidelined for another woman's scent, she seeks the Moon Goddess's intervention to sever their connection and leave the territory forever.

After five years of devotion, Sylvia Garner’s dreams of marrying billionaire Nathaniel Sinclair are crushed when he postpones their wedding to propose to Vivian Hayes. Nathaniel arrogantly believes Sylvia’s love is an unbreakable obsession, justifying his betrayal as a dying woman's final wish. He attempts to hide his new marriage from her, only to be hit with a shocking revelation on his wedding day. Sylvia isn't mourning him; she is also at the altar, exchanging vows with another man.

After seven years of marriage, the pressure to start a family intensifies. To shield them from constant prodding, Ryan publicly claims he is entirely unable to have children. However, the truth shatters when his wife spots him on a beach, joyfully building sandcastles with a toddler in matching outfits. Realizing his sterile diagnosis was a lie to avoid having a family with her, she decides she will no longer hold the title of Mrs. Collins and leaves him with signed divorce papers.