"You may be my husband now, but I won't let you mark me. I won't be yours, not like that."
"Why? Why did you marry me if you won't mate with me?" He yells.
My grip tightens on the hilt, but my breath is shaky when I reply.
"You are my fated mate, and Elder ordered me to marry you, so I obeyed. But I know you only want me because I look like my cousin. You're the Alpha King, and I am loyal to my pack, but our marriage is just an empty formality."
He leans closer, barely noticing the small drop of blood that slides down his neck from where my blade digs into his skin.
"What is this? What game are you playing, Lilly? I know you're my mate. I felt it the moment I saw you. Even now, as you insult me, I can smell it all over you. But where is your wolf? Why can't I sense it?"
"I'm in love with someone else, and my wolf is loyal to him. It hides from you," I force the words out, and the lie tastes bitter on my lips. "I'm sorry to disappoint, but my wolf doesn't want you, and neither do I. I'll be your wife and obey you as my Alpha, but I will never mate with you. I'll never bear your mark."
"You may look like Gloria, but you're nothing like her," he says.

The poison bride of the Alpha

I asked sharply “Who is it? What are you doing there?”
I turned around slowly to face my attackers and I knew, before her face came into the light – I knew from the triumph and excitement in her eyes…I could always recognize her.
Gloria emerged from the shadows of the room, surrounded by guards, h...

#CHAPTER 1: The Wedding Night

#CHAPTER 2: A Memory Hits Me

#CHAPTER 3: An Accident Or A Kiss

#CHAPTER 4: A Question Of Trust

#CHAPTER 5: Desire

#CHAPTER 6: Pretense And Passion

#CHAPTER 7: Without You

#CHAPTER 8: An Unexpected Visit

#CHAPTER 9: A Surprise Reunion

#CHAPTER 10: An Unpleasant Reunion

#CHAPTER 11: Family Has Failed

#CHAPTER 12: Not Like Other Lunas

#CHAPTER 13: A Helpful Hand

#CHAPTER 14: Honor And Humiliation

#CHAPTER 15: She Puts On A Show

#Chapter 16 - Promise

Chapter 17 - Gloria's hate

#Chapter 18- Punish

#Chapter 19- Save me

#Chapter 20- Out of Control

#Chapter 21- Leave

#Chapter 22- Settlement

#Chapter 23 - Message

#Chapter 24- Innocence

#Chapter 25- A spy

#Chapter 26- Research

#Chapter 27- Blood

#Chapter 28- Little fool

#Chapter 29 - Sacrifice

#Chapter 30- Secret

#Chapter 31- Cleaning

#Chapter 32-  Arrest

#Chapter 33- Trust

#Chapter 34- Bloodline

#Chapter 35- Hope

#Chapter 36- The Alpha

#Chapter 37- Betrayal

#Chapter 38- Lord

#Chapter 39- imprisonment

#Chapter 40- Icy