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 51: The Truth Kael Wasn't Ready For


For a moment, I didn't hear anything after that. Not the healer. Not the guards. Not even my own breathing. The only thing that stayed was that one sentence.


This poison only works on someone who cannot shift.


My hand was still wrapped around Liora's, but I couldn't feel it properly anymore. Everything in me had gone rigid, like my body didn't know how to react to something this precise, this deliberate.


This wasn't an accident. This wasn't random. Someone had studied her. Watched her. Understood exactly what she was and what she wasn't and then they made something meant only for her.


"Tell me everything," I said, my voice quieter than before, but far more dangerous.


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