“Finally, we have something special. A matched set, if you will. An omega and her pup. The mother’s a rogue, freshly severed, which as many of you know makes her quite the omen. And the child, well, she’s young and trainable. Together, they make a fascinating package.”

No. No, no, no.

A guard grabbed my arm, shoving me toward the stage. Another one carried Nora, who was screaming and reaching for me, and I knew this night was about to change our lives forever. 

I just didn’t realize how much. 

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Dionne Parker has spent her entire life being invisible, just another omega servant scrubbing floors and swallowing insults. She’s survived the Bloodmoon Pack by keeping her head down, her mouth shut and her daughter alive. 

But when she’s framed for a crime she didn’t commit, survival means running… straight into the hands of traffickers where her life takes the worst turn. 

Standing on that auction stage under blinding lights, listening to strangers bid on their lives, Dionne thinks this is the end. Until a voice cuts through the chaos with an offer no one can match.

Her buyer is Kael, the five-hundred-year-old Lycan King whose reputation is built on blood and brutality. Cursed by dark magic and barely holding onto his humanity, he’s the last person Dionne should be around. But the moment he sees her, his beast who has been violent and uncontrollable for three centuries, goes completely still. As if it’s been waiting for her.

Now Dionne is trapped in a castle with a king who’s barely holding onto his humanity, enemies who are closing in from every corner, and a shadow who’s been organizing her destruction from the start.

Will she survive when her past and present collide, or will the love meant to save her become the weapon that destroys them both?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The stairs seemed to descend forever into darkness that grew thicker with each step. The stone walls pressed in from both sides, so narrow my shoulders nearly brushed against them. 


Behind me, I could hear the King's measured footsteps, unhurried and precise, as though we were simply taking an evening stroll rather than descending into whatever hell awaited below.


The sounds grew louder as we went deeper. Moaning that rose and fell in waves of agony. The clank of chains scraping against stone. And beneath it all, a wet, gurgling noise that made my stomach turn.


We reached the bottom, and the King moved past me to turn on a switch on the wall. The yellow light illuminated a space that made my breath stop completely.


Chapter 30 - Watch Me Mutilate