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 130 – That Hasn't Happened Yet


I tried, but every time I closed my eyes, I saw them looking at each other. I saw the way their tiny hands moved toward one another without touching, the way their eyes seemed to communicate without sound, and most of all, I remembered that strange sensation that had entered my mind when I had reached toward them. It hadn't been a voice exactly, yet I had understood it with a clarity that frightened me.


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