ny times matt lauer story
Valerie, the daughter of the murdered Alpha of the Yellow Stone Pack, could never lead the pack because she had a Luna wolf. Her mate, Tristan, was made the Alpha in her stead. After assuming the title of Alpha, Valerie was set up and brutally rejected, not only by Tristan but also her whole pack, and her kid sister, Scarlet, with whom Tristan had secret affairs. “I reject Luna Valerie as my mate. She was caught in bed with a stranger, meaning that she would sell the pack out. The punishment for treachery is death,” Alpha Tristan announced heartlessly. The chants from the pack members and visiting Alphas who had come for the Alphas' conference attracted them to the judgment. No one thought that Alpha Denzel, whose name caused the hairs on their skin to stand straight due to his ruthlessness, would make it to the conference. Valerie found hope when she realized that Alpha Denzel was her second chance mate, but painstakingly, she was rejected once again. The double rejection caused her to lose her wolf, and she was condemned to die by all the Alphas present. She thought her fate was sealed when Alpha Denzel left and a warrior was ready to execute her. Everyone was shocked when Alpha Denzel suddenly turned around. “Stop! The treacherous daughter of a late Alpha should not be killed. More suffering awaits her,” he declared. Valerie’s heart dropped when she saw his dark look, which was like a bottomless pit, as she blacked out from exhaustion. A few months down the line, there was a war among the Alphas as they began to lay claim to the two-times-rejected Luna. With her wolf dead, will the moon goddess be gracious to give her another wolf? And which Alpha would be able to melt her now cold heart?
I am disappointed in this story. I was expecting a non-human lead instead what I got was a human reincarnated into a parasite that took over a humans brain. There are several parts of the story that confuse me. 1. The romance: Originally Matt was dating two different women Cindy and Alexsi but when Alexsi got pregnant Cindy basically has not been in the story at all. 2. The sentient plant: The plant becomes a cat. I have no idea how or why. 3. Matt: There are two Matt's in the story The human Matt and the Parasite Matt; both are named Matt. It gets confusing as to who is being referred to. The human or the parasite inside him, or is Matt the human that is inside the parasite? 4. Matt's origin story(the possessed one) see what I mean?: All of his information was kept inside a box left on a flashdrive by his parents before they died and apparently the parasite was put inside him as a child. Matt somehow never checked the box and didn't know that he was infected. Also it was encrypted with a password which was the birthday of his first goat which happened AFTER his parents died. How did it get encrypted? 5. Alexsi: She was with Matt when he found out and didn't try to out him/ kill him. Instead she lets him infect her brain with a parasite. (one of his sub-bodies) Basically became his slave without much thought (in my opinion) even when she found out that Matt was manipulating her mind through hypnosis and her dreams. Now that being said I don't hate this novel, there are plenty of things that I enjoy about it. I was just hoping for more of an evil parasite, one who sabotages the ship and kills the crew. Like a plot from Among Us. An Imposter if you will.