The Alpha's Forced Mate

She was born broken. He was forged in blood. Together, they'll burn the kingdom down.

Ruby Wynn has no wolf. No power. No place in a world that measures worth in fangs and claws. For five years, she's hidden in the shadows of the human world—grinding herbs, stitching wounds, and burying the memory of the pack that wanted her dead.

Until they find her.

Dragged back to the territory she escaped, Ruby is offered up like a sacrifice to satisfy the king's brutal decree: one unclaimed female from each pack, bonded to a rival alpha whether she wants it or not. The pack that tried to kill her doesn't expect her to survive.

They're counting on it.

But they didn't count on him.

Edwin Thorn is everything the whispers say he is—brutal, silent, and merciless. The new Alpha of Nightfall Ridge, a wolf forged in exile and haunted by the father he had to kill. He doesn't want a mate. He doesn't want complications. And he sure as hell doesn't want the broken girl with no wolf who refuses to kneel.

Until his wolf scents her.

And suddenly, the man who never wanted anyone will burn the world to keep her.

But Ruby isn't just wolfless. She's something the Dominion believed extinct—something ancient, powerful, and dangerous. Her silence wasn't weakness. It was survival. And now that her power is waking, every faction wants to claim her, control her, weaponize her.

Edwin just wants her to stay alive.

She fights him. He hunts her. The bond between them burns hotter than fury, deeper than fate. And as war erupts and secrets rip open, they'll have to decide what they're willing to sacrifice—their freedom, their power, or each other.

Because if the wrong people discover what Ruby truly is, she won't just lose her life.

She'll lose her soul.

And the alpha who swore he'd never need anyone will have to choose: let her go to save her… or claim her and risk destroying them both.

A wolf with no voice. An alpha with no mercy. A bond that could save them—or set the kingdom on fire.