Alpha's Prey

NanaFig 5 stories

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Summary

Every year, the Gathering demands fifteen women to hunt. They aren’t chosen at random. They’re offered. Strays. Outcasts. Defiant daughters their packs are eager to be rid of. They’re released into the Hollow—a sealed forest soaked in blood—where the Alphas hunt for one thing only: A Luna. The rules are simple. If a woman meets an Alpha’s standards, she’s claimed. If she doesn’t… she dies where she stands. The Alphas who enter the Hollow are monsters already—scarred, burned, ugly things wrapped in leather and iron masks. Feared. Desperate. Starving for a mate to soothe the rot inside them. Rylee was never meant to be prey. She was an Alpha’s daughter. Untouchable. Until she said no. Publicly. Refused a marriage meant to strengthen her father’s power—and humiliated him in front of six packs. So he submitted her name to the council himself. Now she’s running for her life, knowing she’ll either be claimed… or killed. She expects brutality. She expects pain. She doesn’t expect him. Zayn isn’t supposed to be there. He has no need for a Luna. No desperation driving him. No ruin hiding beneath the mask. He’s there for the hunt. For the thrill. For the chase. And unlike the others, Zayn doesn’t rush. He lets her run. Lets her hide. Lets her believe she has a chance—just long enough to take it away. “Run, little wolf,” he murmurs. “I’ll always find you.” There’s something wrong with him. Too clever. Too controlled. Too eager when fear floods the air. And the longer the hunt lasts, the more Rylee realizes the most terrifying truth of all— Zayn doesn’t want to claim her because she’s worthy of being a Luna. He wants her because she runs. Because she fights. Because she belongs in the chase. In the Hollow, monsters choose their mates. Prey doesn’t survive the hunt. And the most dangerous Alpha… is the one hunting purely for pleasure.