The Alpha’s Unclaimed Mate

Her blood was liquid gold. The moment it hit the basin, an urge to mate slammed into Dexmon, obliterating any concern for timing, place, or consequence. His heart thundered, caught somewhere between hunger and outright panic. His wolf surged. Aegon: Mate her. Mate her again. Mark her. In that order. Dexmon: Absolutely the fuck not.   ________________________ [Synopsis] A princess is captured and keeps her identity a secret. The Alpha who captured her wants Serena as his mistress, but she would rather walk on glass chained in silver. The bounty for runners is 1M in gold. Serena has failed twice before, and third time runners don't get quick deaths. When 15 rogues corner her in the forest, she tells her only friend to run. She doesn't cower and faces them head on: unable to shift, bleeding, and dehydrated. Just when she thinks she's done for, a black wolf tears through the clearing and fights beside her. A blade swings for his neck. Without thinking she steps in between, unaware that the wolf she just bled for is Prince Dexmon Drakenfell. An act of courage he didn't see coming and one he won't let go. His wolf knows what she is before he's ready to admit it. He brings her back to Drakenfell and insists she joins his pack, not knowing her true identity or what she was running from.  But Dexmon is hot and cold and Serena doesn't understand why. One day he kisses her. The next, he pretends she doesn't exist. She doesn't know they are fated mates or that he's in a constant battle for control every time he's near her. It turns out, he has a fiancée already. The daughter of the tyrant who kept Serena locked in silver for a year, because of course she is. If she discovers Serena is a runner, Serena will be sent back with a death sentence. So Serena tries to stay invisible. Tries and fails with flying colors. Within 24 hours, Dexmon sprints outside to find her riding on his dragon's head, glowing gold.  He has never shared his dragon and isn't sure if he's furious or falling. Falling. Definitely falling. And that's when the real war starts. Dexmon's mother tries to get rid of her with poisonings, abductions, and political warfare. If she wins, Serena loses Dexmon, her home, and her life. Serena lost everything once before and won't let it happen again.  One of his mother's plans backfires spectacularly and the youngest Alpha King in Skardos saves Serena's life. His wolf says "Second Chance Mate" and he has no intention of walking away. Fated to one. Claimed by another. A love triangle she never asked for. Checkmate says the winning queen. ________________________ *Content Warning* This novel contains dark themes, dubcon, abuse, SMUT, explicit scenes, and morally gray characters. Reader discretion advised.  *Discord* https://discord.gg/JR2yGgKNq8