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 126 – The Reaction No One Believes


For several seconds after the twins spoke, I remained completely frozen, staring at them as though my mind had stopped functioning. Their tiny faces were peaceful, their silver eyes fixed on me with that same impossible awareness I had been trying to understand since the moment they were born, and yet neither of them seemed to realize that they had just shattered the last piece of normality I had been desperately holding onto.


There was no confusion about the words, no uncertainty about the sound, no possibility that I had misunderstood some meaningless noise. They had looked directly at me and spoken in perfect unison.


I swallowed hard and forced myself to breathe.


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