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 78 – The Choice That Cannot Be Undone


The room had grown quieter without me noticing when it happened.


At some point, the healers had stopped arguing amongst themselves. The guards standing near the walls had lowered their voices. Even the constant movement around Kael's bed seemed to have slowed into something heavier, something resigned.


Everyone in this room already understood what was happening.


I stood beside his bed, staring at him while the reality settled deeper with every passing second. The sight of him still didn't look real. He had always seemed too strong for this. Too stubborn. Too difficult to kill.


Now his face had lost its usual color, and every breath looked harder than the one before it.


The lead healer finally stepped away from the bed.


That alone told me more than any words could.


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