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 42: The One Who Crossed the Line


The soldiers had already gone to bring her, but I stayed exactly where I was in the courtyard, the blood still running down my side, the cold air pressing against the wounds like it was trying to remind me of every mistake I had made tonight.


And now someone had tried to kill my Luna inside my own fortress.


Footsteps echoed somewhere in the corridor, followed by a voice I knew too well.


Her voice grew louder the closer they came.


"Release me this instant! Do you even understand who you are touching?" she snapped, struggling against them. "Kael would never allow this. You will regret this the moment he hears about it!"


"It's a command from the Alpha, my lady," one of the soldiers replied firmly.


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