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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Not because my brother needed time to prepare.


Because he needed time for the pack to divide.


Every argument spreading through the fortress.


And doubt was infinitely more dangerous.


By the third day, the fortress felt like a battlefield pretending to be a home.


Nobody openly declared loyalty to either side.


I saw it in the way conversations stopped when I entered a room.


I saw it in the way some wolves avoided eye contact.


I saw it in the way others watched me too closely.


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