Mated To The Fractured Alpha
"I didn't buy your freedom, Kira. I bought your life. And for the next six months, that life belongs to me."
Silas Thorne is a fractured Alpha ruling through pure, unyielding terror.
Cursed with a devastating Silver Rot injury that makes shifting an absolute torment, he is fighting a silent war against a rebellious pack Council circling like vultures. To stop an imminent coup and prove he is still fit to lead, he needs a stable, submissive Luna by his side. A fake mate to parade before his enemies for exactly six months. He expected a puppet but didn't expect a war.
Kira Vance is the sacrificial lamb, traded away to pay for her father's crimes.
Left behind as a human shield while her family fled the country, she was trapped in the cold, militaristic fortress of the Iron Citadel. She was supposed to cower before the monster of the Obsidian Pack. Instead, she brings paint stained floors, sharp tongued defiance, and a fierce refusal to fear the alpha.