Princess Armelle Nostovia is the jewel of one of the wealthiest and most influential royal families in the realm. The youngest of four children and the only daughter, she is pure, and with the help of her father, betrothed.
Determined to secure the future of his line, the King did not leave Armelle's fate to chance. Instead of opening her hand to the highest bidder, he chose a single match-Prince Kade, heir to a kingdom as mysterious as it is powerful. The King knew their secret, a truth whispered only in shadowed halls: Kade's bloodline was bound to the ancient curse of the werewolves.
To others, the union promised strength, riches, and a dynasty without equal. But beneath the glittering veil of diplomacy lay a far more dangerous bargain-one that could cost Armelle not just her freedom, but her very heart. He is not only a werewolf, bound by the laws of his kind, but one who is supposedly already tied to another by the sacred bond of a mate.
And promises made in blood are not so easily broken.
As an Omega, the lowest-rank werewolf in any pack, Claire is confident her smoking hot Alpha can't be her mate. But she's wrong -- not just about him, but also about her place in the werewolf world.
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Adopted into a family of Omegas, the lowest-ranking werewolves in the Mistwood Valley pack, eighteen-year-old Claire Masters is more concerned with her schoolwork and her adorable little brother than pandering to pack politics. But when Nathanial Groves, the pack's inescapably attractive Alpha, steps into her life, her entire world is thrown into disarray. Because Claire can't help feeling drawn to him -- irresistibly so -- and it's distracting her from the growing danger looming over her town and her family. A mate is the last thing she has time for, but can Nate be ignored?
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