What if the monster you were sold to wasn't the real danger?

They call him the Monster. Nine wives. Nine graves. No heirs.

I was supposed to be the tenth.

Sold by my family to save a sister who betrayed me, I thought survival meant staying invisible.

 But when I healed Alpha Kael Cinderclaw in the snow, I accidentally bound us together, a mate bond neither of us wanted and neither can sever.

Now I feel his rage like fire beneath my skin.

 He feels my fear like a blade against his throat. And the fortress that buried nine wives is watching us both.

My family wanted me erased.
His enemies want me dead.

And Kael? He looks at me like I'm the one thing he can't afford to want—but can't let go.

They wanted a sacrifice.
They're getting an awakening.
In a world where power is everything, the wolfless girl just became the Alpha's greatest weakness, and his most dangerous obsession.

Chapter 62 – The Fear Kael Won't Say Out Loud


By the time I realized she had started training again, it wasn't because anyone reported it to me..It was because she stopped pretending.


Liora had always been careful, even before everything fell apart. Careful with her words, careful with her reactions, careful with how much of herself she let anyone see. But lately, that restraint had changed into something else. It wasn't caution anymore. It was control.


And control, when it came to her, meant she had already made a decision.


I stood at the far end of the corridor overlooking the training grounds, far enough that no one would think I was watching her directly, but close enough that I didn't miss anything that mattered. The sun hadn't fully set yet, but the light was already fading, leaving the courtyard cast in long shadows.


Chapter 62 - Chapter 62 – The Fear Kael Won’t Say Out Loud