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The Stag Belt: What the Hunt Requires
They bartered her freedom for survival. Now, on the alien world of Zephyros, Eden Rook will learn what it truly means to be claimed.
Born on Station 401, Eden Rook was raised on obedience, order, and sacrifice. When the colony fell, her parents struck a deal to ensure humanity's survival-offering their daughter to the Zephyrenian Houses as a Tdori, a surrogate chosen to bear the heirs of the ruling stags.
Now, she's being prepared for the Reaping, a ceremony where females are bound to their Zephyrenian matches.
Eden finds herself trapped between two stags whose rivalry could ignite a war...and whose bond could destroy her.
As the Great Hunt approaches, and whispers of rebellion rise from the underbelly of the Hive, Eden must choose between submission and defiance-between the future her parents sold her for, and the freedom she's willing to fight for.
Power. Passion. Betrayal.
On Zephyros, nothing is freely given-and every choice demands a sacrifice.