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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The first thing that hit me wasn't a sound or a thought. It was the bond.


It snapped back into place so suddenly that I actually gasped, my hand pressing hard against my chest as if that could steady it. For days it had been quiet, not gone completely, but distant enough that I could pretend it wasn't there. Since the pregnancy began, everything between me and Kael had felt muted, like something important had been pushed behind a wall neither of us could reach through.


Pain surged through it, raw and unfiltered, and it didn't take me more than a second to understand that it wasn't mine.


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