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.

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Kael knew something had changed before Liora said a single word.


The realization came the moment he saw her the following morning.


To everyone else, she looked exactly the same.


The same careful composure she had carried for weeks.


Because he had spent months learning every version of her.


The woman who laughed despite exhaustion.


The woman who argued when she thought he was being stubborn.


The woman who cared too much and hid too little.


The woman who carried burdens she never should have been forced to carry.


The problem was that the calmness unsettled him more than panic would have.


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