The Luna's Gambit

The rules of the world have long changed. Lycans and their vampire knights rule. Werewolves abide by their laws. And humans... well, they barely scrape by at the very bottom of society's barrel. Sloane Mercer is an anomaly. A human born in the Glacier Pack. She's never fully accepted by her Alpha father. Never truly acknowledged by anyone. She thinks she's never going to have a mate, until fate ties her to pack enforcer, Grayson Rhodes. Sloane thinks Grayson will be the answer to all her troubles, but she soon finds out how badly mistaken she is when her sister reveals her pregnancy. The father? Grayson Rhodes. Life couldn't get any worse, right? Wrong. The tyrants come knocking, seeking claim to the werewolf brides they were promised. Every Alpha was expected to provide a daughter. It should have been her sister... When Sloane wakes up as a candidate in the ancient Lycan ritual called a Luna Hunt, she realizes she'd been set up from the start. She'd been traded in for her sister. A gambit meant to secure the pack's future...at the cost of hers. Now she's stuck in a brutal event where hundreds of girls with Alpha blood compete for enrollment into Eclipsera, the Lycan Federation Academy. Sloane doesn't expect the academy to turn out to be a cruel game where only the strongest candidates survive. And Sloane? She's the exact opposite of strong. She's human. Her fate takes an even worse turn when she piques the interest of Lykanor's young royals... The royals don't want a mate. Just a common prey. Desperate to escape Eclipsera, and the royal claims she might not survive, Sloane soon realises, she must make a gambit of her own. Because a hidden power is awakening in her, one for which Lycans, Vampires and Werewolves alike, would kill to claim. Including Grayson. DISCLAIMER: R18! This is a dark paranormal (explicit, RH) romance set in a dystopian world where the rules of civilization no longer apply. It's intended for mature readers. Expect themes of power imbalance, survival-based relationships, morally grey characters, dominant-submissive dynamics, and an unhealthy dose of forbidden hunger and smut! (Including MxM) The Luna Hunt is brutal. The rules of the academy are cruel. The royals are not heroes. Their choices are messy, hunger primal and desire intense!