Mute alpha mate

He was born in silence. Raised in shadows. Crowned in blood.

Alpha Kael of the ShadowFang Pack is feared by all who whisper his name. Scarred from throat to chest by a battle no one dares speak of, and cursed with a voice he never had, Kael has ruled his pack through strength, fear, and silence. His gaze alone has ended lives. His presence can freeze a room. He does not speak-he doesn't need to.

But even power has its limits.

No woman has ever accepted him as her mate. Not one. They came for his wealth, for his title, for the hope of power-but the moment they saw the scar... the silence... they turned their backs. They feared bearing children like him. They feared the unknown. And Kael, the strongest Alpha in the region, was left with nothing but rejection, one after another.

He stopped hoping. He stopped trying. He let the cold take what was left of him.

Then came Isla.

The unwanted daughter of another Alpha. Cast aside. Sold to the monster no one else would touch. She was meant to be a sacrifice, a temporary offering-fragile, quiet-looking, easily broken. No one believed she would last a day in Kael's world.

They were wrong.

Isla is stubborn, defiant... and endlessly talkative. She speaks to the wind, to the walls, to the flowers in the gardens he never visits. She hums while she works, asks questions no one answers, and smiles as if the world hasn't spent its whole life trying to crush her. Where others saw a curse, she sees a man who's been silenced for far too long. Where others turned away, she steps closer.

He doesn't scare her.

And that terrifies him.

This is not a fairy tale. This is the story of a mute Alpha abandoned by fate and the girl who was never supposed to be chosen... but who might be the only one strong enough to hear the heart he never knew he still had.

He is silence. She is sound. And when their worlds collide-nothing will ever be the same.