Shadow of the False MateShadow of the False MateAeliana MoreauLanguage: English18+ 155.7K wordsOngoingIntroductionI kept her filthy, unforgivable secret. My stepsister Roxy was cheating on Ryker—the future Alpha and the only man I’ve ever loved—with his best friend. I thought enduring the agony of their sickening "mate bond" was my ultimate punishment. I was dead wrong. When the Pack Elders abruptly decree that I must marry Ryker instead of his beloved Roxy, my shattered world turns into a living hell. Ryker despises me, utterly convinced I orchestrated this vicious political trap to steal his crown. Roxy secretly threatens to murder me, all while publicly playing the weeping victim to keep Ryker blindly enchanted by her manipulative, unnatural pheromones. Trapped in a suffocating engagement with a man who promises to divorce me before we even say our vows, my only escape is my eighteenth birthday shift. But as my wolf Kira finally breaks free under the silver moonlight, we aren't met with freedom. We are cornered in the deepest shadows of the woods by a massive, terrifying black beast with glowing amber eyes—Ryker's wolf. He doesn't look at me like a husband. He looks at me like prey. Will the beast tear me apart to protect his counterfeit mate? Or will my wolf awaken a primal truth he has been too blind to see?ParanormalWerewolfArranged MarriageStrong Female LeadSteamyFaceslappingAlpha MaleFirst Love132 ChaptersOngoingMay You LikeBreeding the Tyrant's Heir: The Luna's Lethal ContractPregnant and Rejected: The Alpha's Biggest MistakeThe Outcast Luna’s Royal RebirthSold to the Northern Beast: A Rejected Omega's DefianceResurrected for Revenge: The Apex Alpha's ClaimCaged No More: The True Heir's WrathAlpha's Demanded Mate: The Crescent Cub's SecretSavage Vows: The Tyrant's White WolfBlood & Betrayal: The Lycan's Hidden HeirRead now