FRAGILE

Introduction

For as long as Levi Kass can remember, his world has been one of cages, collars, and cruelty. As an omega, the lowest rank in the wolf hierarchy, his fate was sealed the moment he was born—destined to be owned, to be used, to be nothing more than a commodity. Stripped of his name, his identity, and even his wolf, he was broken piece by piece, conditioned into absolute obedience by the hands of the monsters who sold him. Years of suffering have left him a shell of the person he was meant to be, trapped in a cycle of submission and fear.

But everything changes the day he is rescued by the most dangerous alpha of them all.

Maximus Stone is a name spoken in fear and reverence. As the Alpha of the Sanguinem Lupus Mafia, he is a man who built an empire on dominance, power, and ruthless efficiency. His rule is absolute, his command unquestioned. But when he uncovers a secret trafficking ring selling omegas into slavery, he does not hesitate. He destroys it. He burns it to the ground. And in the aftermath, he finds Levi—small, fragile, and so far gone he doesn't even recognize that he's been freed.

Maximus had set out to take down a corrupt empire. He never expected to find his mate among the wreckage.

Levi is terrified of the powerful alpha who has claimed him, convinced that his new master will be no different from the last. Every touch makes him flinch, every word a potential command he is terrified to disobey. He doesn't know how to exist outside of orders. He doesn't know how to want anything for himself. But Maximus is not like the others. He does not command. He does not force. He refuses to be another collar around Levi's neck.

Yet, the road to healing is not so simple. Levi is still trapped in his mind, bound by invisible chains he cannot break. Maximus's patience is tested as Levi struggles against years of conditioning, slipping between moments of clarity and regression. The smallest mistakes send him into panic-induced self-punishment, his body still programmed to obey rules that no longer exist. And when he cannot meet Maximus's expectations—not because of defiance, but because he no longer understands freedom—he spirals further, believing he is broken beyond repair.But Maximus does not believe in lost causes.

With his beta, Saxon Mars, at his side, Maximus is determined to not only save Levi, but to annihilate the entire system that created him. The packs that sell their own kind into slavery, the corrupt leaders who profit from the suffering of omegas—they will all fall. But the deeper he digs, the darker the secrets he uncovers, and soon, it becomes clear that this fight is bigger than Levi.

It is a war for every omega who has ever suffered.As Levi struggles to reclaim the pieces of himself stolen from him, and Maximus prepares to burn an empire to the ground, one truth remains certain—they will rise together, or not at all.FRAGILE is a dark shifter romance about healing, redemption, and vengeance, where love is not given—it is fought for.