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.

I knew something was wrong the moment Ivy walked into the room, and it had nothing to do with what she said.


There was no tension in her shoulders, no lingering fear in her eyes, nothing that suggested she had spent the night worrying about what could have happened to me. After everything that had happened, the attack, the blood, the chaos, she should have looked shaken, or at the very least unsettled.


"You're awake already?" she asked, stepping closer to the bed with a soft expression that would have fooled anyone who wasn't paying attention.


I shifted slightly, letting my movements stay slow and careful, not entirely pretending this time since my body still felt heavier than it should. "I couldn't really sleep," I replied, my voice quiet, like I didn't have the strength to speak properly.


Chapter 47 - Chapter 47