The Silver Contract: Bound to the AlphaUpdated at Nov 4, 2026, 01:29
A severed thumb in a tobacco tin. A debt written in blood. A marriage built on cold, calculated tactics.Siobhan Knox is wolf-less, rebellious, and the finest botanical herbalist in the gas-lit alleyways of industrial Edinburgh. But when her late father’s staggering debts land her teenage brother in the iron cellar of a sadistic loan shark, Siobhan has only one weapon left: her sharp tongue and a pair of iron apothecary shears.Enter Lachlan Vance.As the formidable Alpha of the Blackwood Pack and ruler of the shipping harbors, Lachlan is cold, ruthless, and accustomed to total submission. He doesn't want romance; he wants Siobhan’s ancestral land charter to legally lock down his territorial sea routes and force the corrupt Highland Regional Council into submission.His offer? A one-year contract marriage. In exchange for her legal signature as his Alpha-consort, he pays off her family debts, guarantees her brother’s survival, and hands her ten percent of his harbor revenue when the year ends.But the moment Siobhan signs on the dotted line, blood hits the floorboards.A rogue assault reveals a dark truth: Siobhan’s father wasn't killed over gambling debts—he was murdered for discovering a dark, blood-binding coven curse controlled by the head of the Regional Council. Worse still, Siobhan’s wolf-less blood is the living vault containing the only salt-iron antidote capable of breaking the curse over Scotland's Alphas.Forced into close quarters inside Lachlan’s coastal manor, Siobhan and Lachlan engage in a dangerous game of razor-sharp banter, deep tactical suspicion, and an explosive, undeniable attraction. But as naval ironclads bombard the harbor and Lachlan’s thought-dead former bride steps off a warship with a silver blade, Siobhan must decide: is she just a pawn in an Alpha’s political war, or the mistress of her own destiny?“You are remarkably unpleasant to conspire against, Siobhan.”“I consider that a professional compliment, Alpha.”