"What's your name?" He gently asked as he approached me, the rage and hatred that had once painted his features now gone.

"A-Avery," I stammered out, my body slightly shaking out of fear.

"Avery," he repeated, my name sounding beautiful as it slid past his lips. The moon trickled through the treetops and illuminated his goldy body as he continued stroking my cheek beneath the soft moonlight. I found myself closing my eyes and leaning into his strangely addicting touch and despite how badly I wanted to pull away, but body refused to and basked in the warm sparks that only my dangerous and feared mate could cause.

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The day Avery's parents decided to leave her and go rogue was the day her once happy heaven became a scorching hell with her demon of an Alpha relentlessly abusing her along with the pack members, being able to have her do whatever they want without any boundaries or limits. One night, the infamous Blood Crescent Moon anti-pack attacks her home, leading to the death of her Luna, the only one who'd cared for her, and creating a new hell for her to endure. But what happens when she finds out her mate is the heartless Alpha of this anti-pack that destroyed everything she'd ever known? Will she be able to keep her head above water or will her mate's dark secrets and past tie themselves to her ankles and drown her in the sea of uncertainty and doubt?

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He was the air that allowed me to live, but he was also the brick that drowned me.

He was the blood that pumped through my veins, but he was also the one who broke my heart.

He was my flashlight in the darkness, but he was also the one who turned out the lights.

He was the one who opened a window to freedom, but he also tied me to a ball and chain.

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