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Unveiling the moonlit mate

"You're mine!" he roared, possessive fury darkening his eyes. "If I have to brand you with my mark to keep every other wolf at bay, so be it!" Tears welled in Annie's eyes. "This marriage isn't love, it's a lie!" she screamed back. The room fell silent. "Maybe once," he conceded, a dangerous edge to his voice. "But things have changed. Now, you belong to me. You're mine, forever." Annie, the adopted daughter of a powerful pack, craves acceptance. Unlike other wolves, she lacks the full shift, a constant reminder of her difference. Then, a fated mate arrives, but instead of love's embrace, he brings a web of royal deceit that threatens to tear everything apart. Annie harbors a hidden secret, a burden that complicates everything. Can love blossom amidst manipulation and lies? Will she succumb to the alpha's possessive claim, or will she fight for a love built on truth and acceptance? In a world where loyalty is tested and alliances crumble, can Annie carve her path? Setting: it's a modern fantasy world with a focus on werewolf society and the political intrigue within it.

Daoist1Lwdjw · Fantasy
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71 Chs

Chapter Twenty three

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"He thinks he can just hurt me like that?" I whispered, the words catching in my throat as a fresh wave of tears rolled down my cheeks. Alone in the room, the silence echoed with the weight of Damian's confession and the suffocating terms of the contract. Anger, a hot coal in my chest, threatened to consume me.

Questions swirled in my mind, each one a sharp shard of pain. Did he ever truly care? Was I just a pawn in his political game all along? But these unanswered queries wouldn't change the harsh reality – he had shattered my trust and left my heart in pieces.

"He wants a show?" I muttered, a steely glint replacing the tears in my eyes. "Then I'll give him one."

My life had been defined by feeling like a burden, a shadow on my family's happiness. No more. This charade, this forced marriage, wouldn't be another weight to bear. I wouldn't let him win.