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Chapter 1 — A Fated Night
Lana's POV
The day of our one-year anniversary, I’d finally decided to give my virginity to my boyfriend Caleb.
As an Alpha, Caleb had been surprisingly patient with my request to wait and was nothing but loving and protective during the year we had been together.
I made this decision not only because Caleb was my fated mate, but because I had already decided, deep down, that he was worth it.
I left study group early and hurried back to the dorm to get ready—only to find Caleb lying naked on my bed, moaning.
Not alone, but with a blonde girl straddling him.
I stood frozen in the doorway, half-convinced this was some kind of nightmare. But reality was more terrifying.
The girl shifted with the movement, turning just enough that I could see her face. The second I recognized her, my blood turned to ice.
That girl was none other than my roommate and best friend, Olivia.
Tears stung my eyes as the bag holding the lingerie Olivia had talked me into buying hit the floor when she found out my little plan with Caleb.
But the two of them in my room were so lost in each other they didn’t even notice, still caught up in their flirting.
"Exciting, isn't it? We're doing it right on your precious little omega mate's bed."
"You're so fucking tight... don't be ridiculous, I was only tied to her because the mate bond.""
My stomach tightened into a knot. Had all of Caleb’s usual affection and respect been a lie?
The sight of them made me sick—one more second and I’d be ill. “What the hell are you two doing?”
Caleb’s alpha-heightened senses seemed finally to kick in. His eyes locked with mine, and something flickered in his gaze—too fast to name—before his expression smoothed back into calm.
He just glanced away, reaching for the blanket on my bed and pulling it over his lap.
Olivia let out a small yelp and scrunched her legs up to her chest before she composed herself.
“Well, as my mate and my best friend, is there something the two of you forgot to say to me?” My voice was shaking.
The heartbreaking truth was staring me right in the face. But somewhere deep down, a pathetic part of me still hoped for an explanation, or at least an apology.
Caleb's brows drew together slightly. "Lana, you couldn’t actually believe this would last. I'm a future Alpha, and you... you're just an omega. There was never going to be an us."
My heart sank. Of course I knew about the glaring gap between Caleb and me. He wasn't just any Alpha but the future leader of the Eastern Packs.
And even though everyone nowadays liked to preach equality, discrimination against omegas was everywhere. Most people didn’t even think we needed an education—just someone to keep things tidy.
“How can you say that?” I forced myself to swallow the lump in my throat. “You pursued me. What about all those promises? And all that kindness? Your offer to take care of me, the gentle kisses in the night as you waited like I had asked?”
Caleb’s frown deepened, but he never said a word.
The silence was broken by Olivia. "Oh, Lan-Lan," she chimed in, her voice dripping with false sympathy. "It's really not fair of you. You can't expect an Alpha like Caleb to just wait forever. He has... needs."
My temper, already frayed, finally snapped. "You don't get to say that! You knew—"
But before I could finish, Caleb cut me off, his voice sharp with displeasure. "What's done is done. We're over. But speaking to Olivia like that..." He shook his head, his gaze cold. "That's no way to address a beta. Especially not one who just gave me her virginity."
A wave of absurdity washed over me. Most wolves shift around the age of sixteen, as I had, and when they do the call of the heat is irresistible. Fighting, fucking, you name it, it pulls at you. If you can stay a virgin until you find your mate, the power you gain is said to me immense.
I had held onto my virginity beyond the age of nineteen. By my own will, unheard of for an Omega, I fought the call and held onto my virginity. My future mate was more important than any carnal desire.
That was the secret surprise I was going to share with Caleb tonight, in our special moment. And now that moment, that truth, had been stolen from me by my so-called best friend, and my mate had believed her.
“Virgin? She's brought five different guys back to the dorm earlier this week. You're just the rebound she settled for because she couldn't get Kade.” There was a tremor running through me.
Everyone at school knew Kade was the rival Caleb hated most.
On top of that, Kade was famously known as a virgin hunter—something Olivia often complained about, blaming it for why he never returned her advances.
I wasn’t lying, not just to provoke Caleb. But Caleb didn’t see it that way at all.
His expression darkened instantly. “You don’t have to make up lies like that just because you’re jealous.”
“Virgin or not, you know she’s the better choice here. Anyone would agree.” The pure lack of emotion in his voice cut deeper than the words.
My resolve broke as the tears began to stream down my face.
“It’s not as if I was lying, Lana but some things are just as they are. You can’t change our world, even if we are fated to be together I have to think what is best for the pack. You have to understand that.” Caleb sounded set and resolved. Uncaring.
His words sent another fount of tears flowing. To think he could have ever been mine even if it was to be.
"Caleb, we're done. I, Lana..." I was about to speak the words that would reject him as my mate when he cut me off.
Caleb's face darkened. "As an Alpha, I won't allow an omega to reject me," he stated, his voice low and final. "Besides, the campus ranking matches are in one month. I won't allow anything—or anyone—to jeopardize my taking first place."
I gritted my teeth, holding back the urge to throw an even uglier truth in his face: even before any of this happened, Kade had always beaten Caleb in the campus ranked matches, taking first every time. And now Caleb seemed to be pinning it all on me.
For the first time since my world shattered, a flicker of doubt cut through the pain—had Caleb always been this kind of person, all along?
Before I could respond, Olivia snuggled closer to him, soothing him as if I were the intruder in my own room.
I couldn't stand another second in that space. The bed was tainted anyway—I'd be dragging it to the dumpster later. I turned and left, slamming the door shut behind me with a force that shook the frame.
-
With an early class the next morning, I had no choice but to head to the only hotel near campus.
The lobby was all gilded luxury, and the front desk clerk matched the decor with her uniformly snooty attitude. When I asked for the cheapest room available, she barely glanced up, just flicked a hand to indicate the direction.
The endless hallway carpeted in a dizzying, repeating pattern made my head spin. Following her vague gesture, I finally found room twelve—only to notice the door wasn’t fully closed.
What was going on?
My eyebrows knit together as I cautiously test the entrance, taking a curious step inside.
The bathroom door opened revealing a half-naked man surrounded by a billow of steam. My bag fell to the floor as I let out a gasp and stepped back.
Oh. My. Gosh.
I recognized the handsome man with the perfectly sculpted muscles standing before me.
Caleb’s biggest rival. Olivia's dream boy.
It was Kade.
Chapter 2 — The Notorious Alpha
Lana
My thoughts—and my tongue—tangled at the sight of the man’s muscle lines. For a long moment, my gaze stayed glued to the broad slope of his shoulders and the perfect cut of his abs.
The man actually chuckled, stepping closer. He spread his arms slightly, a bold, inviting gesture. “It seems you like what you see.” he murmured, and before I could react, his arm slid around my waist, pulling me against him. “Didn’t expect you so early.”
His closeness—the heat of him, the scent—sent a shivering thrill through me that left my mind blank.
The question of why Kade was in my room—and why he looked as if he’d been waiting—spun in my head.
But with him looming so large and his handsome face now dizzyingly close, my thoughts scrambled before I could string two of them together.
Kade's scent had overtaken me. It was much more intense than what Caleb could have ever done and it seeped into my every pore. My wolf, Alruna, awakened and howled in expectation as he came closer.
But something felt wrong. How could anything feel stronger than the mate bond between fated mates?
Surprised by Alruna’s excitement inside me, I turned to avoid his kiss but still felt the press of his lips on my cheek.
That small press of moisture upon my face caused Alruna to flare like a fire inside of me. She wanted Kade in a way she never had with Caleb. My body began to tingle as I backed up a step unsure what to do with these new, unexpected sensations inside me.
But letting this mistake with Kade play out right now might satisfy Alruna’s sudden, fierce craving—and god, wouldn’t it be the perfect revenge on those two cheating rats?
But just as I was about to let myself sink into the closeness, Kade spoke softly by my ear. "This is more interesting than I expected. What was your name again, Jasmine? Or was it Janice?"
In that instant, I froze, feeling like I'd been struck by lightning.
I realized I was almost certainly in the wrong room, and Kade was waiting for a girl whose face—and name—he couldn't even remember.
Was this really the scene I'd pictured when I thought about giving away my virginity—just to get back at the people who'd hurt me? It went against everything I'd ever promised myself. Besides, Kade was definitely not the kind of person I should be getting involved with.
Pulling my lower lip between my teeth, the sharp pinch slowly clearing my head.
As the heir to the leader of the Western Packs, Kade had the freedom to have any "lifestyle"—and I wanted absolutely no part of it.
Kade was still exploring my skin as if mesmerized, his mouth trailing lower, aimed for the sensitive curve of my neck. Every instinct in my blood screamed for me to give in, to sink into the dizzying, desperate hunger he ignited.
But I clawed back my will, gathering every shred of resolve, and shoved my palms hard against the solid wall of his chest. Through flesh and bone, I could almost feel the frantic, pounding rhythm of his heart beneath my fingertips.
"Let me go," I managed, the words raw and strained.
“I’m sorry, I must have the wrong room,” I said to him and backed up.
Kade looked puzzled. “Oh you have the right room, I told you it would be open and to come in.” his lips crooked into a half smile.
“Well, I’m not your date, or whatever.”
To my surprise, Kade didn't let go. Instead, he pulled me even closer, his voice a low murmur near my ear. "Didn't expect that, but looks like my plans for the night just opened up for a little change of scenery."
“You know, I wouldn’t mind if you were my appetizer before the main course gets here. You can even stay all night if you like.”
Disgusted at the suggestion of three-way, I put a steady, firm distance between us, even as Alruna grumbled her displeasure inside me.
My gaze locked onto Kade, who seemed genuinely confused by my refusal. "You have your game," I said, my voice low but clear. "But I'm not part of it.”
Kade’s captivating coffee-colored eyes flickered with surprise. "You’re the first girl to ever say that to me." But he didn't press further, stepping back to give me space.
My gaze dropped to his still-bare, muscular chest, and I flinched as if burned. I whirled around and headed for the door without another word.
His alluring laugh followed me as I exited the door and he said, “If you end up changing your mind, you know where to find me. My little bird.”
-
After confirming the correct room number with a housekeeper in the hallway, I finally found my room on the fourth floor.
Once there I did a sweep of the place to be sure there were no more mostly naked Alphas waiting for me. Just thinking of Kade with nothing on but a hope and prayer his towel stayed in place, had me flushed all over again.
Little bird...? What kind of stupid pet name is that? My pulse fluttered, traitorous and warm, even as I tried to brush it off.
Trying to push the thoughts of that annoying Alpha from my mind I decided a hot bath and bed would probably be best.
Using the provided soap, I filled the tub with plenty of bubbles and slid into the hot sudsy water. It enveloped me in a satisfying way, and I sighed wishing my muscles and my mind would ease soon. My muscles did relax, the smell of lavender helped calm me as well, but my mind seemed to have other plan.
The hot steam surrounding his body, with the water still clinging to him, his towel all for show, and that devilish smile spread cross his lushes, full lips.
Smacking my forehead I tried, yet again, to push the image of him from my mind. Goddess, it was worse than Caleb! Sure I had fantasized about our first time, but after seeing Kade like that all those fantasies of Caleb felt more like a laundry list of a plan, not really a fantasy.
Once out of the tub and dried off, I crawled into bed. Sighing, I rolled over and tired hard to think of anything else and of course my mind strayed back to Kade. By the feeling of Alruna inside me she was more than happy to let the memory of him linger in my mind.
Letting out a deep sigh, I got under the comforter and forced myself to sleep, visions of Kade still plaguing my thoughts.
The next day I awoke worn. Dreams of Kade haunted me all night.
But I didn’t have time to dwell on it.
As the only Omega in the entire university, I'd chosen the notoriously difficult healer track. My days were packed from morning to night with classes and part-time work, every minute accounted for.
Caleb had complained about it before, even offering to pay my tuition. I'd refused, firm. I never wanted anyone to think I was with him for his status or his money.
Thinking of Caleb now sent a sharp pang through my chest. But I was done. My mind was made up—I was cutting him and Olivia out of my life for good.
After a full morning of classes, I headed back to the dorm I shared with Olivia, planning to talk to her before going to the housing office about switching rooms.
But the moment I opened the door, I found Olivia standing with her hands on her hips, directing strangers as they rearranged my room into a gym. My belongings were bunched up and tossed by the doorway like trash.
Before I could even process the shock, Olivia turned to me with a smug smile. "Looks like poor little omega Lan-Lan needs to find a new place to stay."
"I'm moving in with Caleb."
Chapter 3 — New Day, New Issue
Lana
After parting ways with Olivia on bad terms, I lugged my suitcase back to the hotel room—but the cost was already blowing through my budget.
I was desperate to find a new place, fast. So I grabbed my phone and called student housing first to see about a transfer but was given excuse after excuse as to why it couldn’t be done.
But I sensed something off from the receptionist's flustered, rambling excuses. When I pressed her, she finally—vaguely—implied it was because I'd made an enemy of someone on the board of trustees.
My heart sank. The only person I knew with any connection to the trustees was Olivia. She came from a wealthy pack and loved to casually drop names and flaunt her connections—something she'd never been shy about reminding me.
So much for switching dorms. It wasn't happening.
With a class next day, I quickly scanned rental listings on my phone. The places near campus either looked like a drug den or cost more than I could ever afford.
Time was running out. As a last resort, I posted a quick "room wanted" ad on the campus forum before rushing off to class.
The following day was the start of a new course for the new quarter but I had already done a significant amount of studying beforehand. It was considered the hardest course at school but if I could pass with top marks, I’d be one step closer to my goal of finishing a four-year degree in just three.
I needed to land an internship early, to prove myself and to keep my student loans from piling up.
Standing outside the door, I waited for the previous classes students to leave, earning a few disdainful stares from those who passed by. Ignoring them, I took a seat and noticed I was the first to do so. There was no time to worry about those I didn’t know because at any moment Caleb would walk through the door.
Everyone knew what classes Caleb had. He, along with Kade, were big shits at the school so many students kept track of their courses to try and get close to them. Since I was with Caleb I only cared what courses he had, and if there were any I could take with him. Now I was regretting that decision.
He had no idea I was going to be there. The plan was to tell him the night I gave myself to him. Though he had always been sweet to me when we were together, I knew those days were over and the reality of dealing with him in such a difficult course for a whole quarter seemed daunting.
Curious as to why the room was filling so fast—there shouldn’t be that many students who signed up—I saw Kade enter. There were a bunch of women who couldn’t contain their excitement when he walked in, and even some guys who looked pretty stoked. Shit. They were both in the class!
When Caleb entered the room, what was a small drone of conversation erupted and it was clear the dynamic of the class was going to be very different than what I had expected. The tension between the two, and those who were vying for a chance to be part of either man’s inner circle, was thick in the air.
Our professor finally came and made his way to the front, seeming to become more irritated as he did. Once he was by the podium he spoke, “Find a seat and quiet down.”
Though he spoke loudly, it was as though he didn’t even say a word; I seemed to be the only one listening.
He rapped the podium hard. “Alright!” That quieted everyone down but most didn’t bother to sit. “Since you all want to be such a talkative group how about we do things differently this quarter?”
There were some concerned glances around the room as he continued, “How about we make this a cooperative project? You all need to partner up and earn an accumulative credit for the work you do. Less grading for me and you will have a reason to be so chatty.”
There were a few groans from I’m guessing the higher performing students and a general murmuring from pretty much everyone else. A guy near Caleb whispered in his ear and made a gesture my way, which made me groan as well.
Why did Caleb still noticed me? Right now, all I wanted was to stay as far away from him as possible.
The professor ignored any discontent and said, “You all have ten minutes, no more than three to a team, and one of you has to be an alpha.”
That last part was met with more groaning but the professor just sat back and took his phone out as everyone scrambled to find a partner.
Every person I approached wouldn’t even look at me and walked away before I had a chance to say a word.
My heart sank a little, but as the only Omega on campus, this kind of snub wouldn’t be the first or the last I’d face.
I glanced up and saw another girl running into similar trouble because of her GPA. Just as I thought about approaching her to brainstorm a solution together, she walked right past me toward another alpha.
What shocked me was how she tried to use her virginity as a bargaining chip, offering it in exchange for a spot on a team—and it actually sparked a bidding war among a few alphas. They weren’t top-tier like Kade or Caleb, with pack inheritances on the line, but they’d still satisfy the professor’s requirement.
Her virginity wasn’t my problem though, but it did make it tempting to offer it myself. I mean, my mate didn’t want me, nor I him, so it could be useful.
That idea was quickly pushed out of my head, my virginity was worth more than a fix for a temporary issue. Looking at Kade, I was surprised he hadn’t been one of the alphas interested in her but he seemed to take his time and really consider his options. As the top Alpha in the class, he did have first choice.
Glancing at Caleb he seemed to have just as many takers as Kade, but as second Alpha in the class, that wasn’t surprising. He caught me looking at him and narrowed his eyes before turning back to the blond in front of him, who was trying hard to get him to accept her as a teammate.
Clenching my teeth I decided to ask Kade, if everyone was going to shoot me down, why not try.
Clearing my throat, I said, “Hi, Kade?” He didn’t even look at me, his gaze seemed locked on his phone.
Sighing, I tried again a bit louder. “Excuse me, Alpha Kade? I was wondering if you’d like to team up with me.”
He finally turned to me. His eyes met mine and that same wicked smile he had in the hotel returned. “Well if it isn’t my little bird. You taking me up on that offer from the other night?”
My pulse quickened and it felt as though Alruna was going to tear me from the inside out. Trying to calm her I said, “Not that. I’m asking if you want to partner for the class.”
His smile broadened. “I didn’t hear a, no...” he said, and raised an arched brow.
Remembering how he looked the other night, I took a deep breath and stepped back. Damn, this was a bad idea.
“You know that isn’t what I want. I’m asking if you want to team up for the course.”
The corner of his full lips pulled into a half smile. “And why should I team up with you? How are you going to sweeten the deal for me to accept?”
The way his eyes traveled across my body, lingering on my breasts, I knew exactly what he meant.
Trying not to glare at him, I said, “Considering the amount of time I spent studying to prepare for this class I could guarantee you an A. No, an A+ since I plan to do all the bonus work too.”
That promise should get him to consider my offer, there wasn’t a single person in the history of the class who ever earned an A+.
His eyes met mine again but before he could say a word, someone grabbed my arm and pulled me away from him. Turning back in shock to see who it was, I was met with Caleb’s ice blue stare. He did not look happy. With his tight grasp on my elbow, neither was I.
“What do you want?” I said through gritted teeth.
“Why the hell are you here? Taking this course is such a bullshit move to get my attention. And, approaching Kade of all people! I know you’re just trying to make me jealous. Well, congrats it worked.” He nearly spat the words at me.
His arrogance disgusted me, but I kept my voice low. “Like hell! I signed up for this course well before your cheating ass was caught. I figured you might want help since I knew you were not looking forward to it.” His face turned red and I took a step back.
A wave of anger seemed to flow off him as he said, “Where do you think you’re going? You’re still my mate!”
Caleb tried to reach for me again but a stronger arm shot out from behind me, blocking his grip.
It was Kade.
He seemed genuinely interested now, his coffee-colored eyes shifting between Caleb and me. "So little bird is your mate?" he mused.
Caleb’s jaw tightened. "That's none of your business."
Kade’s lips curled. "It is when she just promised to help me score an A+."
"We're partners now. Try not to be too jealous."
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