The Barbarian's Defiled Captive Bride

Thane needs an heir to hold his lands. He claims Daphne as his bride and she remains in the longhouse when she could leave. Every map review ends across the table as he takes her to breed his line. Rival pressure only tightens his hold on her. She answers his summons without fail. The commands grow more possessive each time.

The hunger deepens with each claiming, threatening the command he values. The scar on his arm marks what he has lost before. The connection he craves risks all if it fractures. Yet the birthmark below her collarbone draws him in every time. She could end it with one word.

His palm hovers above the birthmark at her collarbone while footsteps approach.