When Sera Thorne walks onto the auction block as a captured rebel prisoner, she expects to be sold to the highest bidder for labor-or worse. What she doesn't expect is the impossibly tall male in the shadows to bid fifty thousand gold. Or for him to be the Shadow Prince himself: Darius Volkov, the Lycan King's brother, whose obsession with her defies logic and ignites something primal she can't deny.

Darius claims he purchased her for protection, not possession. But Sera knows better-she's his property now, locked in his fortress at Shadowkeep, where the mate bond he insists connects them grows stronger with every touch. As forbidden attraction wars with her need for freedom, a dangerous truth emerges: she carries royal bloodline. One that makes her a threat to the throne-and marks her for death. The King wants her eliminated. Darius wants to claim her forever. And Sera must decide whether the connection between them is fate, manipulation, or the only choice she actually has.

In a court of vipers where one wrong move means assassination, Sera must navigate deadly politics while fighting a bond that demands completion. The lycan king's obsession with controlling her has set events in motion that will shatter kingdoms. Between vampire-like rivals, poison plots, and combat that decides crowns, Sera must choose: surrender to destiny with the male who owns her, or fight for freedom she may never taste again-even if it costs them both everything.

For readers obsessed with fated mates, dark paranormal romance, and lycan shifter stories that burn hotter than fire-discover the forbidden love that will change a kingdom.

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