Bitten: A Fated Mate Saga

For centuries, the werewolf curse was a mantle of violent, masculine power. Women who were turned perished in agony or went mad, their bodies too fragile for the beast. They were vessels for sons, who were ripped away to be forged into cold, ruthless warriors. The law was absolute: the curse does not belong to women. Until Angel. A forbidden ritual under a full moon should have been her death. Instead, she became the first female werewolf in living memory-a miracle that feels more like a curse. Her survival shatters tradition, igniting a primal fear and a desperate hunger. Packs don't want to save her; they want to own her, to wield her unprecedented power as a weapon or a prize. The hunt is on, but Angel is no one's trophy. Haunted by betrayal, her trust is as shattered as the bones that broke and reformed. Her heart is a fortress, her soul aches for freedom she's never known. Fate, however, is a cruel master, binding her to Antonio. He is the pack's most ruthless enforcer, a man whose reputation is written in blood and whose kills are slow, deliberate acts of torment. He is the monster other monsters fear. Yet, beneath the brutality, a fractured spirit wars with his beast, torn between the instinct to claim the powerful mate destined for him and a desperate need to protect her from the darkness that lives in his own soul. Angel is caught between the terror of his touch and a magnetic pull she cannot deny. Theirs is a razor's edge between savage passion and certain ruin, a love that promises either salvation or complete annihilation. In a world ruled by bloodlines, can they rewrite a curse older than time, or will their forbidden desire drag them both into the abyss?