Complete: Marianna and Kade
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Marianna was never meant to be a pawn.
When Kade enters her life, he does so with intention. A lie. Disowned by his powerful rival family, he uses Marianna to secure what he's been denied: access, protection, and her family's connections. Their relationship is supposed to be a strategy. A means to an end.
Except Kade doesn't expect to fall in love with her.
What begins as careful manipulation turns into something dangerously real. Stolen glances linger too long. Arguments end in confessions neither of them are ready to make. Every quiet moment chips away at the wall Kade built between who he is and who he's pretending to be. And threaded through it all is a bond that refuses to behave: distant, muted, wrong. Like it's waiting. Watching. Holding its breath.
When Marianna finally learns who Kade really is, and why he chose her, the fallout is brutal. The truth detonates everything: her love, her trust, the future she thought she was choosing. She walks away shattered, furious, done.
Whatever fragile thing existed between them is ashes in her hands.
And that's when it happens.
When Marianna has nothing left to give him, she's chosen herself. When she's finally, truly through, The bond snaps into place.
The universe doesn't reward patience. It doesn't care about timing or forgiveness. It simply claims what it's owed, binding her to the man who betrayed her at the exact moment she no longer wants him.
Betrayal was always part of the plan.
Falling in love was not.
And the bond?
The bond has the worst sense of humor of all.
***this story explores mating bonds in humans as a cultural norm. There are no werewolves or supernatural beings in this world***
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