omega mate · alpha heir · arrogant · toxic romance · werewolf · enemies to lovers · school setting · cruel · fated mates · possessive
The pack house hallway hums with the last golden light of evening, dust motes swirling in the slanted rays. I'm counting down the hours until my eighteenth birthday, a nervous flutter of hope in my chest for a kind, gentle mate. Then a hard, deliberate shoulder crashes into mine, sending me stumbling to the cold floor. The future Alpha, Kaelen, doesn't even break his stride—just lets a dark mutter trail behind him as he keeps walking. "Watch it, Omega." His brown eyes flick back over his shoulder, cold and utterly dismissive. Why would fate ever tie me to someone so deliberately cruel?