BOOK ONE OF THE “FERAL BONDS” SERIES.

“It’s too late, Vael,” Vessara whispered, her gaze stern. 

Vael shook his head. “You’ll never mate another in this lifetime, Vessara.” He groaned, his breath fanning her skin as he pinned her against the desk. “You. Are. Mine.” His fangs sank into the sensitive skin at the crook of her neck. 

Vessara’s eyes widened in shock at the realization of what he had done. 
 
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Vessara was never meant to stand out. Quiet and overlooked. She has spent her life learning to survive by staying quiet, by pleasing others, and by never asking for more than she’s given. And when she's sold off like a property to a cold, ruthless, terrifying Alpha, it feels like a death sentence. 

What she didn't expect out of the cruel arrangement was finding out the Ruthless Alpha was the same man she has been seeing. 

Alpha Vael’Runn of House Vaeroth learned early that Mercy is a weakness. Love is a liability. He has spent years burying every trace of humanity beneath power, violence, and control. And nothing has ever been powerful enough to shake the monster he had become. 

Until a certain presence entered his world. An omega. 

Something about her unsettles him. Something about her refuses to fade into the background of his world. And she awakens something he has buried long ago.


And when a Ruthless Alpha decides something belongs to him, how far will he go to keep it?

Will Vessara become more than a possession? Perhaps a weakness Vael cannot afford? 

Will she remain silent and survive, or risk everything to awaken the man beneath the monster?

CONTENT WARNING: This book is rated +18. It contains SMUT, BDSM, GAY/LESBIAN SEX, Triggers, scenes of abuse and a dark, obsessive male lead.

Then Vael stood. "I'll leave you three to talk," he said, "I need to get some things done."


"Absolutely not. And stop calling my name." Mia shook her head, her expression stubborn. "You brought her here, and now you're just going to disappear? That's cowardly. And rude. And—"


"I need to get some things done," Vael repeated, his voice strained.


"If you want to leave so badly, then we'll play rock, paper, scissors." Mia declared. "If you win, you can leave. If you lose, you have to stay."


Vael's expression shifted into something that might have been disgust. "What are we? Twelve?"


"We can be twelve for the night," Mia said cheerfully. "One, two, three—"


She threw out her hand. Rock. Vael, with an expression of profound resignation, threw the paper out.


"Ha!" Mia clapped her hands together. "You lose! You have to stay!"


Chapter 140 - Rock, Paper & Scissors