Rejected by my Alpha mate
After Maddie’s world implodes—rejected by her mate, the smug soon-to-be Alpha, and stabbed in the back by her best friend Audrey, who’s now draped over the arm of the school’s hottest player—she craves an escape. Spring break was supposed to be her one shot at freedom, a wild week to drown her heartbreak in sun-soaked beaches and reckless nights. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. Instead of a carefree getaway, Maddy’s thrown into a pulse-pounding nightmare when she’s marked as the fated mate of Cassian Blackthorn, the dangerously gorgeous Alpha King. His piercing gaze and sculpted body scream power, but his heart is a fortress of ice, and he wants no part of a mate. Too bad for him—and her—werewolf law forbids rejection, chaining Maddy to a king whose every glance crackles with forbidden heat and unspoken danger.Trapped in the labyrinthine depths of Cassian’s castle, a sprawling gothic fortress pulsing with secrets, Maddy feels the walls closing in. The air hums with rumors: a blood curse that could unravel the werewolf world, a traitor whispering poison in the shadows, and a forbidden ritual tied to Cassian’s past that no one dares speak aloud. Every stolen moment with the Alpha King—his low, gravelly voice brushing her skin, his touch lingering just a second too long—ignites a fire she can’t control, even as his cold rejection cuts deeper than any blade. But the castle hides more than just their electric tension. Maddy stumbles across cryptic journals hinting at a betrayal that broke Cassian years ago, and strange symbols etched in hidden corridors that pulse with dark energy. Someone—or something—is watching her every move, and the closer she gets to the truth, the more she senses a deadly trap tightening around her.As Maddy digs deeper, she’s torn between the magnetic pull of Cassian’s raw, primal presence and the chilling suspicion that he’s hiding something catastrophic. Is he protecting her from the castle’s dark secrets, or is he the architect of her impending doom? With whispers of a rogue assassin stalking the halls and a prophecy that could either crown her or kill her, Maddy’s spring break fling with danger becomes a high-stakes game of survival. Every step risks exposing her heart to a king who could destroy it—or her life to a conspiracy that’s been brewing for centuries. Will she unravel the truth behind Cassian’s guarded heart and the castle’s deadly secrets before it’s too late? Or will the searing chemistry between them ignite a fire that burns them both to ash? In this intoxicating, suspense-laced saga of forbidden desire, betrayal, and pulse-pounding mystery, Maddy’s fight for answers could cost her everything—her heart, her life, or the entire werewolf kingdom.