Abandoned by All, Until the Mad Alpha Claimed Me

“They bred me to be sold--a doll, a bargain, a tool with a crown. When they gave me to Alric, the werewolf Alpha every soldier fears, I expected chains. Instead, he saw me. Chose me. Made me feel, for the first time in twenty years, like I was worth something more than my price. Then my father showed me what he truly is--eyes burning red, hands that can stop a heart between one breath and the next. Savage. Inhuman. Utterly beyond anything I was ever prepared for. He saved me. I don't doubt that. But he is a wolf. I am human. No amount of tenderness changes what lives underneath his skin--or the fact that the moon goddess never made us for each other. He reaches for me like I'm something worth keeping. I'm just not sure I'm brave enough to believe it. Because what do you do when the only person who ever made you feel alive is the one person you were never meant to love?”