Elijah Grisham is the King's favored Master Alchemist and being so heavily relied on comes with the benefit of an entire estate. When the King starts making odd and impossible requests, Master Grisham seeks to find out what the King is hiding. The Master is a dark man with many secrets and his position causes him to keep people at arms length, but with his work becoming more dangerous and the King becoming impatient, he'll need to hire an apprentice. When his new apprentice turns out to be nothing like he expected, and a wild and willful young woman wondering about the castle, will the Master be able to keep his distance? Or will his charge and his new apprentice need a more hands-on approach to keep his life running smoothly?

Scissera is the daughter of the sadistic Alpha of the Shadow pack. He maintains perfect control over his pack, even to the extent of keeping them ignorant of the modern world, until a visiting Alpha discovers that Scissera is his mate. Will Luca be able to convince Scissera that she can trust him to help her save those closest to her? Or will a lifetime of abuse tempt her to use her power to control him, leading to the demise of both packs? *Trigger Warnings: This story contains graphic scenes involving such topics as physical and mental abuse, drugs, violence, sexual content and BDSM

The betrayal of a brother sets a plan in motion that would change the fate of an entire pack and one unfortunate stranger. Lena, the murdered Alpha's only daughter is smuggled to safety and raised by her human grandmother in secret. When she reaches the age of her first shift, fate forces her to dance dangerously close to her stolen pack. Can she keep her identity a secret long enough to take back what's hers? And how will she deal with the monster created by her uncle, and the guilt of letting him come far too close to her dearest friend? Alec is set to lead the pack after his father, but once he learns the truth about the man he thought he knew, he decides to honor Lena's claim and they must work together in secret to make sure Lena lives to see the day when she can claim the Howling Rite.