Marked In The Dark
READING AGE 18+
I gave my heart to a man who never deserved it.On the night I was supposed to become Damien's chosen mate, I walked in on him in the arms of my cousin Lena, laughing like I was the joke everyone already knew the punchline to.Broken and alone, I ran into the dark woods outside our pack borders. I never expected to find anyone out there. I never expected him.A stranger. Dangerous. Warm. The kind of man whose scent made my whole body forget every rule I had ever followed.I told myself it was just the heat. Just one night. I left before sunrise, before I could see his face clearly, before I could make it mean something.But some things cannot be undone.When I came home, my stepfather saw the mark on my neck and gave me an ultimatum that froze my blood: find a husband in three days or disappear forever.The only man who steps forward is Alpha Caden of the Ironpeak Pack, cold, ruthless, feared by every pack within a hundred miles.He says he already has a marked mate somewhere. He says he will not mark anyone new.But the way he looks at me does not feel like a stranger looking at a bride.It feels like someone who already knows exactly what I sound like when I fall apart.
Unfold
Gerald signed the initial agreement that same evening.
I was not consulted. I was told.
I was to go to Ironpeak in two days to begin the transition period before the formal binding ceremony. The binding itself would happen within the moon cycle. This was tradition, this was treaty, this was not a conversation I was having any input i……
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