AuthorRuby
Five hundred thousand dollars.
That was the price tag on my mother’s life. Driven out of our home by my heartless father and left with nothing, I had no choice. When the ruthless delegates of the Thornwood Pack announced they were buying a fertile surrogate for their cold, terrifying ruler, I did the unthinkable.
I volunteered.
Born a weak, dormant wolf who couldn't even shift, I was the bottom tier of my pack. To everyone else, I was nothing. But to Alpha Cassius Thornwood, I was just a business transaction—a cold, reproductive tool meant to secure his throne against a ruthless political crisis and fulfill the wishes of his dying Luna.
Cassius vowed never to look at me, never to care for me, and to treat me strictly as a stranger carrying his heir.
He expected a submissive, broken girl he could discard the moment the baby was born. He didn't expect a fighter with nothing left to lose.
I promised myself I would survive his cold fortress, hand over the child, and take my money to buy my family’s freedom. But as ancient secrets unravel and the beast inside Cassius begins to thaw, the line between duty and dangerous desire blurs.
She carries his child. But can she tame his beastly heart?
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