His Unwanted Mate: Rise Of The White Wolf

"Just sign the damn paper, Ava."

Liam, the Alpha I had served and loved for three years, threw a confession across the table. He wanted me to admit to corporate espionage—a crime actually committed by his fragile, innocent mistress, Chloe.

When I refused, Liam didn't hesitate. He pulled up a live feed of my dying mother in the pack hospital and held his finger over the 'Terminate Life Support' button.

"She is pack property. Sign, or the machine turns off."

To save my mother, I signed away my rank, my reputation, and my freedom. I became a Rogue. But taking the fall wasn't enough for them.

Two days later, Chloe trapped me in the lab to steal my life's work. To cover her tracks, she sabotaged the servers and set the room on fire. When the flames roared to life, Liam burst in.

He saw me trapped in a glass box, choking on poisonous fumes. He saw Chloe standing safely by the door, faking a sprained ankle.

He looked at me. Then he looked at her.

"I'm sorry," he mouthed.

He scooped up the arsonist and ran, leaving me to be consumed by the inferno.

As the fire melted my skin, the pathetic love I held for him finally died. But I didn't.

Instead of turning to ash, an ancient, terrifying power exploded from my core. My eyes snapped open, glowing a blinding white.

I reached out through the mind-link to the one man Liam feared most.

"Ethan? I'm ready to burn the Blackwood Pack to the ground."

Chapter 1

Ava POV:

The conference room smelled of stale coffee and impending doom. It wasn't just the tension; it was the crushing weight of the Alpha's Command.

Liam Vanderbilt, the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack and the man I had loved for three agonizing years, stood at the head of the table. His hazel eyes were bleeding into the pitch black of his wolf. He wasn't looking at me with love. He was looking at me like I was a stain on his Armani suit.

"Just sign the damn paper, Ava," Liam growled.

His voice wasn't just sound. It was a physical wave of pressure that slammed into my chest. This was the power of the Alpha—the ability to force submission. My knees buckled, hitting the cold marble floor hard. My inner wolf, usually quiet, whined and curled into a ball, terrified.

"I didn't do it," I gasped, lungs burning. "I didn't leak the merger details. It was Chloe. I saw her files—"

"Silence!" Liam roared.

The command snapped my jaw shut. My teeth clicked together so hard I tasted copper.

"Chloe is the future Luna," Liam said, his voice dropping to a dangerous, icy calm. "She is fragile. She is innocent. You, Ava, are the capable lawyer. The strong one. You can take the hit."

He slid a document across the long table. A confession. By signing it, I would admit to corporate espionage, lose my rank as Lead Gamma,