by Layla Heart
Zack storms out of the room, his voice bouncing around the room. “Fucking assholes. Fucking creepy fucking bastards. When I get my hands on them...” And then there’s more crashing as he vents his anger on the table, the rest of his words getting lost in the noise.
I just stare at the TV. When my parents announced that they already had an Alpha for me, my ‘rightful’ Alpha, we knew that there was a good chance this was going to happen. I knew they’d try to get me back any way possible. Any way they could.
But to see them like this, filmed in front of the police station, like what they’re doing isn’t some big scam, some way to go beyond the law to get their hands on me, and somehow also gain some sympathy from the public. It’s a scam. It’s a big lie, and nobody is stopping them or calling them out about it.
It’s more than I’m used to from my parents. It’s bigger, beyond what they’d normally be able to do, at least what they’d have been able to do a few years ago. Something’s not right. We’re missing something, something big. What’s going on? Why are they doing this? Why the ruse? Why the... Why all of this?
Then my heart feels like it’s about to fall out of my body as the TV switches to a single image. The text on the screen loudly proclaiming that the reward for whoever manages to return me to my parents will be upwards of two million bucks.
I feel sick, my dinner threatening to come back up, as I belatedly realise that the TV is on a human channel, this is on the human news of a worldwide broadcast station. They’re getting the whole fucking world involved.
Oh, hell no.
We’re doomed. We can’t win this. We can never win this, not anymore. It’s over. They won. We lost.
Four pairs of arms surround me, holding me tightly between them, but my mind is spinning. How are we going to survive?
I’ll lose them. I’ll lose my Alphas, my mates. And... what happens then? What happens to me and... and... and our babies?
What’s going to happen to us?
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Freshly mated Omega Cyra and her four Alphas are being hunted, by Cyra’s parents, the media and the police...
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At the yearly Night Gala, an exclusive event for rich shifters, four Alphas catch Cyra’s Omega scent and react to her instinctively, recognising her as their mate. They don’t know what to make of it at first, but the party is not a place to talk privately, especially not with so much paparazzi around, so they decide to sneak off, find a better place to figure out what’s happening.
Cyra, a rare Omega phoenix, had been hiding herself from the shifter world for years because she wanted to live her own life and not be constantly controlled by an Alpha. As soon as an Alpha mates an Omega, they become that Alpha’s property and Cyra refuses to live like that. More importantly, when an Alpha reacts to an Omega’s scent in an instinctive way, it means that they’re fated mates and belong together.
Or, well, that’s how it normally goes, when you’re not a rare shifter type and your parents aren’t crazy rich... The thing is, there is one thing more important than an Alpha marking their fated Omega and that’s if that Omega is already promised to a different Alpha by the Omega’s parents. Marking and mating a promised Omega is illegal.
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After Cyra and her four Alphas, hydra Zack, griffin Spence, cerberus Max and centaur Liam, have been spotted sneaking away from the Night Gala, their pictures are spread all over the shifter gossip media. And, out of nowhere, Cyra’s parents suddenly show up, claiming that Cyra has been missing for years and that the four Alphas have kidnapped her. Even worse, Cyra’s parents claim that they had already chosen an Alpha for Cyra, that she was already promised to someone for years, even if Cyra didn’t know about it.
Of course, they only find out about the other Alpha after Cyra has gone into heat and the four have already mated her, marked her as theirs. They never kidnapped Cyra, no matter what her parents are claiming in the media, but they are now breaking a much more serious law, the law of illegally mating a promised Omega. If they’re caught they could end up in jail, or worse, dead, leaving Cyra vulnerable for whatever insidious plans her parents have for her and the four can’t let that happen.
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Which is why Cyra and her fated Alphas are now on the run from Cyra’s parents, the drama hungry media, who are exploiting this situation to the fullest, and the police...
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Omega Phoenix: Hunted (Her Shifter Harem’s Babies 2)
Try next!
While you’re waiting for the continuation of the story about Cyra and her Alphas, here are some other stories of mine you can try out!
Here are three choices I think you may enjoy, depending on why you love this story!
More PNR RH? Try the story of Litha and her harem in Lughnasadh Elite Academy. Prophecy (Lughnasadh Elite Academy 1)
More growly shifters and some babies? Try The Baby Pact Trilogy from my Rosa Swann pen name. The Baby Pact (The Baby Pact Trilogy 1)
More RH with broken characters, but contemporary? Try Scarred Cliff! Her Escape (Scarred Cliff 1)
Blurbs below!
If you simply want to read more PNR RH, here’s the series for you:
Prophecy (Lughnasadh Elite Academy 1)
One clueless queen-to-be, four princes to change her world forever.
Before her vital first cup of coffee in the morning, Litha finds out she’s a witch and is suddenly transported to a magical world she didn’t know existed. As if that wasn’t strange enough, it turns out that she’s prophesied to be queen and her parents only took her to the human world to protect her from those who want her dead. But now she’s at Lughnasadh Elite Academy and face to face with her four potential… kings?
It doesn’t help that all four princes are sexy and hot and make her insides squirm when she catches sight of them. There is Bane, the werewolf prince, all broody and with hair sticking up like he just got out of bed. Kit, the incubus prince, whose wicked smile melts anyone’s unmentionables. Rune, the dragon prince, protective and with muscles like he’s a moving mountain. And last, but definitely not least, Finn, the fae prince, quiet but intense, with eyes like a summer forest.
According to the prophecy, Litha will marry the true ruler of the four kingdoms. But having grown up human, in the human world, she has no idea where to start making sense of all of it, and the four princes pursuing her really don’t help with trying to figure it all out.
Prophecy (Lughnasadh Elite Academy 1)
Try out something a little different? Do you like shifters and complicated relationships? Do you like your men maybe just with other men without a woman around? Interested in men getting other men pregnant? Dive in!
The Baby Pact (The Baby Pact Trilogy 1)
Gail, an Omega, has been hiding from other shifters for over half a decade, determined to choose his own path in life, even if that means working two jobs. During the day he works at a bookstore and in the evenings he is an exotic dancer.
Lucien and Cyrus, an Alpha and a Beta, love each other, a relationship condemned by shifter society, and have never felt the need to find an Omega. They sometimes pick up humans to spice things up, but never more. Until one night they end up in a bar, where they see a dancer they can’t keep their eyes off. They want him, even if only for one night.
But their families have other plans. In a d
esperate attempt to keep control over their lives, they will need to make the hardest decision yet:
Are they ready to be parents?
The Baby Pact (The Baby Pact Trilogy 1)
Do you love allll the angst and broken characters? Do you sometimes wander out into contemporary romance? Check out Scarred Cliff!
Her Escape (Scarred Cliff 1)
One coastal town full of memories, three boys she used to know.
Fleeing her abusive ex, a dead-end job and no prospects for anything better, Mia returns to the coastal town where she used to spend her summers as a kid. She hopes that sorting through the old things in her grandma’s house may give her an idea of what she wants to do for her future. What she didn’t expect was to run into the three boys who used to make her heart race.
It starts with Dylan, the brainiac, now a maths teacher at a nearby secondary school. Then Mal, the joker, who plays guitar in a band and composes music. And finally, Tom, the protector, a single dad who works as a carpenter.
But dark shadows hang over them all, they all have demons in their past, and secrets. The guys she meets aren’t the same as the boys she used to know, but neither is Mia, who may be keeping the biggest secret of them all.
Her Escape (Scarred Cliff 1)
About Layla Heart
Layla Heart loves sexy romances and has a particular soft spot for broken boys and their damaged girls. When she’s not reading or writing steamy stories, she loves to nap with her two cats, preferably under a fluffy blanket, and play videogames. She has studied literature and creative writing but often finds that the couple of classes she took on coding is much more of a help in this new adventure as an author.
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About Easily Distracted Media
Easily Distracted Media is a publisher/brand name for a group of pen names from one author. Each pen name gives a slightly different ‘flavour’ of story, but they’re all highly emotional, focusing on close connections between friends and chosen family.
E. Engberts, Queer Scifi Young Adult stories.
Emily Engberts, Lesbian Romance stories (18+).
Emmy Engberts, Queer Young Adult Romance stories.
Layla Heart, Paranormal Romance stories (18+)
Skylar Heart, Contemporary Romance stories (18+).
Rosa Swann, Gay Romance stories (18+).
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Published by Easily Distracted Media
As E. Engberts (Queer YA Scifi)
BASE Status: Online
BASE Status: Update
As Emily Engberts (Lesbian Romance, 18+)
Second Chance at Christmas
A Card for Valentine’s
A Blooming Spring Love
As Emmy Engberts (Queer YA Romance)
Her Elysium (Flowers and Keyboards 1)
The Other Dress (Flowers and Keyboards 2)
Colour Her (Flowers and Keyboards 3)
As Layla Heart (Paranormal Romance, 18+)
Lughnasadh Elite Academy Serial
Guarding Their Dragon Mate Serial
Her Shifter Harem’s Babies Series
As Skylar Heart (Contemporary Romance, 18+)
Damaged Hearts Series
Scarred Cliff Serial
As Rosa Swann (Gay Romance, 18+)
Lunar Pack Serial
Feathers and Microphones Serial
Mated to the Alpha Serial
The Baby Pact Trilogy
Second Chance Mates Serial
Making a Family Serial
Omegas’ Destined Alpha Serial
The Vampire’s Past Trilogy
