Fated Desire

"Say it, Allison," he murmured, his voice a dark, seductive melody as he pressed me against the rough wall.

A shiver raced down my spine, his command wrapping around me like a spell. There was power in his voice—power that made me want to obey, to surrender, to give him exactly what he wanted.

But I couldn’t. I shook my head, biting back the words threatening to spill out.

His teeth grazed my neck, sending a gasp tumbling from my lips before I could stop it. I felt the curve of his smile against my skin. He knew. He always knew. And he would get his way, one way or another.

Desperation drove me to try to escape, but his hands were faster, catching my wrists and pinning them above my head. His body pressed against mine, hard and unyielding, every inch of him burning into me like a brand.

"Don’t think you can just walk away," he growled, his breath hot against my ear. "We’re far from finished."

His words lit a fire in me, a dangerous mix of desire and defiance. My mind screamed at me to fight back, to push him away, but my traitorous body leaned into his touch.

His hand slipped to the hem of my shorts, fingers tracing a slow, deliberate path upward as his lips left a trail of heat from my neck to my collarbone. Each nip, each kiss, chipped away at my resolve until I was trembling beneath him.

"Say it," he demanded again, his voice rough and full of need.

I moaned, my head falling back against the wall as he pushed me closer to the edge of surrender. I wanted to say it. God, I wanted to give him what he wanted, to lose myself completely in the fire he ignited. But if I did, there’d be no turning back. No undoing what would come next.

Allison Cole thought turning seventeen would be just another day. But for a shifter, it’s the day everything changes—the day you find your mate.

Allison doesn’t believe in mates or destiny. She refuses to buy into the idea of predetermined love, especially when it’s forced upon her. But her world is turned upside down when she discovers who her mate is.

Him.

A man so dark, so commanding, that she can’t decide whether he’s her salvation or her ruin.

Caught between her burning desire, her own defiant mind, and the responsibilities she bears for her pack, Allison must make a choice: fight her fate or embrace it. But as secrets unravel and tensions rise, she begins to wonder…

Can she trust him with her heart, or will surrendering to him destroy everything she’s fought to protect?

In this gripping tale of passion and defiance, Fated Desire will leave you breathless, questioning how far you’d go for love—or survival.