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 24 :  Secrets Beneath the Silence.


I sit at the edge of the bed, fingers curled around the pendant resting against my chest. The metal is warm from my skin, but the weight of it feels different tonight. Wrong.


Seraphina's voice keeps replaying in my head.


"The last blood of that damned bloodline."


The question has been circling my thoughts since dawn, refusing to settle. Seraphina didn't sound curious when she said it. She sounded furious. Afraid, even.


If she's been hunting someone… someone important enough to marry daughters from different packs just to lure them out…


Then whoever carries that blood must be dangerous.


A soft knock pulls me from the spiral of my thoughts.


Chapter 24 - Chapter 24: Secrets Beneath the silence