xlreader7
Two players. One blood-stained crown. And a fated mate bond that feels more like a death sentence.
Avery is a ghost. A packless rogue masquerading as a flawless human academic coordinator, she has spent her entire life blending in, running from a dark past, and keeping her lethal Lycan lineage buried deep beneath a silver scent-masker. She doesn't care about pack wars, territories, or Alpha Kings. She only cares about survival.
Until her teenage brother is captured by the tyrannical King Magnus of the Crescent Pack.
The terms of her brother's survival are simple: ruin the King's estranged son.
Jake Crescent is a True Alpha-a 6'6" god of war who wants nothing to do with his father's corrupt throne. He wants freedom, a life at the university, and away from his family's bloodline. But when Avery orchestrates his brutal abduction and delivers him straight into his father's cages, his world fractures.
Now, they are forced back onto the university campus in a deadly game of psychological warfare. Avery must serve as Jake's official "shadow," monitoring his compliance for the King. But returning to campus reveals a terrifying, cosmic joke: Jake is Avery's fated mate.
Wounded, furious, and radiating a dark, possessive hunger, Jake is no longer the protective male she once knew. He is a betrayed prince who promises to make her suffer for every drop of blood she spilled. Avery must play the heartless traitress to keep her brother alive, even as the mate bond threatens to burn them both to ash.
In a game where love is a weakness and trust is fatal, who will break first?