

Alexander makes a deal with the commander to protect Jessica's family, trading a severe injury that leaves him with an amputation,shrapnel in his brain, and little time to live for their safety. Six years later, he runs into his daughter Alice, who doesn't know he's her father, and shares his past with her. When he saves Jessica at a lion dance event, his identity is exposed. Jessica presses him for the truth about the past, but Alexander, aware his days are numbered, resolves to hide it, breaking her heart. To end their bond, Jessica forces him to perform the lion dance again. Alexander pushes through to take the stage, but his prosthetic limb malfunctions, shrapnel shifts, and he is on the brink of death.

Torn from her family by fate, twin Fiona spent ten years as a forgotten replacement. Once her real sister returned, she was abandoned and thrown out without mercy. A decade later, Fiona comes back—not as the unwanted daughter, but as the feared Alpha Queen. Now that the truth is revealed, the family who betrayed her will do anything to bring her home.

Ten years ago, Alicia's husband Oscar vanished without a trace. Alicia raised their son Rowan on her own. For ten long years, she never stopped searching for him. When Oscar finally regained consciousness, he remembered nothing — yet in his dreams, he kept reliving the moments he had shared with his wife. A devoted Go enthusiast, Oscar happened to cross paths with Rowan over the game, and the two became unlikely chess friends...

I’d just bonded with my mate, Alpha Damien, when he brought home an orphan to repay a “life debt.” From that day on, I came second to the girl, Lila. Always. Lila framed me, claiming I forced her to lose control of her wolf. For that, Damien locked me in the silver cells for three days and three nights. "The silver will teach you how to be a tolerant Luna!" Silver poisoning is torture. My wolf withered. I begged for mercy, drowning in agony. Lila just snuggled up to him, her voice dripping with fake concern. "Serena is your mate, after all. When she's in pain, you're in pain. It hurts me to see you suffer." Later, to make Lila happy, Damien publicly gave my seat on the Pack Council to her—a girl who knew nothing. This time, I said nothing. I just severed our mate bond. Days later, while he was writhing in the agony of our broken bond, he finally heard the news. I had joined the royal’s elite unit, The Talons. And I was never coming back. He shattered.