“A fragile human like you won’t survive one winter in my territory. Stay out of my sight, and we won’t have a problem.”
That was the deal Alpha Lucian—the feared Winter Beast—made on our wedding night. He thought I was just a powerless pawn, a human orphan given to him as a sacrifice to seal a border treaty.
He didn't know I was hiding a deadly secret.
I wasn't human. I was a forbidden hybrid—half wolf, half vampire—forced to swallow poison every day to hide my true scent.
For months, I played the fragile bride, keeping my eyes down and my claws hidden. But when an ambush leaves Lucian at death's door, I’m forced to break my golden rule: I feed him my hybrid blood to save his life.
Now, the deadliest Alpha in the continent is hunting the mysterious creature who healed him, completely unaware that she’s sleeping in his bed every night.
When my secrets are exposed and the entire wolf kingdom demands my execution, the cold Alpha who once ignored me steps between me and a hundred bared fangs.
“Touch my mate,” Lucian growls, his eyes flashing dangerous crimson, “and I will burn this entire world to ashes.”
