Mated to the Alpha King
Trained since childhood to be nothing but a weapon, Esme has lived under her father’s harsh hand. Poison runs in her veins, bruises mark her skin, and every lesson ends with a reminder; kill the king, or her mother dies.
Sent into the werewolf palace as a kitchen maid, she waits for her moment, vial and blade hidden beneath her apron.
But nothing in her father’s drills prepared her for King Ardon. The first time their eyes lock, something raw and dangerous stirs inside her, a pull she doesn’t understand and cannot control. Each day she spends in his halls, each command spoken in that steady voice, makes her mission harder to carry out.
The court whispers. Enemies circle and Lady Selene sharpens her claws, determined to claim the crown by Ardon’s side.
And Esme, trapped between loyalty to the man who raised her and the strange fire rising within her, stands on the edge of a truth she’s not ready to face.
She was sent to kill the king, but she may be fated to love him.