Ava James
Six years ago, the Alpha King rejected Alexandra Carlow in front of his whole pack. Six words: "I reject you as my mate, Alexandra." She walked out without a tear, and the world has called her wolfless ever since.
Now he owns every cent her family owes, and he wants her to marry him.
Zayvian Blackthorn says the one-year contract is the only way to keep her sick little brother safe from the council. Alexandra signs. The second the ink dries, a second heartbeat starts in her chest. It's his. The bond he swore he destroyed was never cut.
Alexandra has a secret no one knows. She can hear every heartbeat in a room, and every lie. But there are two hearts she can't hear: Edmund Williams, the most powerful man on the council, and the one man in the Keep who is kind to her.
Julian loves Theo like his own brother, and he's the first person to make Alexandra feel safe. She can't tell whether what she feels for him is love or just relief at being treated like a person. Julian knows exactly what he feels. He's falling for her, and he has no idea what it will cost them both.
Then everyone around her starts dying.
When the king nearly dies, the moon turns red and Alexandra learns what she really is: the last of the Moonborn, the oldest wolves alive, and exactly what Edmund has been waiting for.
On the night of the blood moon, she's dragged into a ring of fire, her mate dying on the stone, and told to show her power.
The man who comforted her is the one holding the knife.
She was never wolfless. She was sealed.
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