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Claimed by the Enemy: When the Alpha's Enemy Becomes His Fated Mate

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BLURB "You belong to me now." Sophie Mitchell never wanted to be the submissive daughter trapped in her pack's war. She never wanted to spend her life as her Alpha's property, voiceless and powerless. She just wanted to survive her next shift without fearing her own pack. But survival gets harder when the Northern Ridge Pack's Alpha finds her during a violent border raid and claims she is his fated mate. Lucas Thorne spent seventeen years building walls around his heart. As Alpha of the Northern Ridge Pack, emotions are a liability. Trust is a weapon that gets turned against you. Fated mates are a myth he stopped believing in the day his own mother was murdered by his father's jealousy. He leads through fear and control. He doesn't do vulnerability. Then Sophie crashes into his world and shatters every rule he's made. She's from the enemy pack. She's weak by pack standards. She's terrified of her own shadow. She should be disposable. Instead, Lucas finds himself protecting her, claiming her, willing to go to war to keep her safe. And the bond between them is undeniable. A pull so intense it defies logic and survival instinct. But claiming Sophie comes with a price. Her original Alpha demands her return. He's willing to start a war to get her back. Lucas's own pack questions his judgment. His leadership is threatened. And Sophie is caught between the man who owns her pack and the man who owns her heart. As Sophie discovers that her timid nature masks a warrior's courage, she transforms into something no one expected. Strong. Fierce. Willing to fight for the bond that binds her to Lucas. But first, she has to survive being claimed by the enemy. She has to survive her pack's betrayal. She has to survive becoming the reason two packs go to war. In the end, the question isn't whether Sophie can survive her new Alpha's world. It's whether she's willing to burn her old life down to build a new one with him.
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