BOUND BY BLOOD, BROKEN BY DESIRE: THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE
Sable Thorne was sold like livestock—a human bride for Garrick Ravenclaw, the aging Alpha of the Ironpaw Pack. No ceremony, no vows of love, just a contract signed by the uncle who pocketed fifty thousand dollars for her life. At twenty-four, she became wife to a man twice her age who wanted a ornament, not a mate.
She expected cold indifference. She got Caspian instead.
Garrick's son—twenty-six, battle-scarred, and burning with resentment for the "gold-digger" who married his father. Caspian Ravenclaw was everything his father wasn't: young, vital, dangerous. His wolf prowled beneath his skin every time she entered a room. His eyes tracked her movements with predatory focus that made her skin burn.
"You don't belong here," he snarled during their first meeting. But his gaze said something else entirely: Mine.
The pull between them was immediate and wrong. She was his father's wife. He was forbidden territory. Yet every accidental touch ignited sparks. Every heated argument ended with them too close, breathing too hard, wanting too much.
Then the night Garrick struck her for the first time, Caspian's wolf broke free. He pinned his own father to the wall, claws extended, eyes blazing gold: "Touch her again and I'll rip out your throat, Alpha or not."
That's when Sable discovered the truth buried in her blood: she wasn't human. She was dormant Luna—a wolf queen whose power had been suppressed by her family to sell her easier. And Caspian? His wolf had recognized her from the first glance.
She was his true mate. Fated. Inevitable. Bound by the Moon Goddess herself.
Now they're trapped between duty and destiny, fighting a bond that grows stronger each day. Garrick knows and he'll kill them both before surrendering his possession. The pack whispers about betrayal. And Caspian's touch burns hotter than shame ever could.
"Tell me to stop," he whispers against her skin, "and I will. But you won't."
He's right. She won't.