🌶️18+ Mature, Slow burn “If I’d claimed you already, we wouldn’t be sitting here talking. You’d be there, my hands on your hips, keeping you still while your body trembled under mine, until my name was the only sound left in you. “You’re dangerous when you talk like that,” she whispered. Kai smiled, slow and knowing. “You should see me when I stop talking.” ---- One mate bond. Two broken wolves. And a kingdom that wants them both dead. Adalyn Caddel has spent her life avoiding dominance, danger, and the monster inside her. Her wolf is quiet—too quiet. But when a brutal encounter draws the attention of Kaiden Lucius Caine, the third prince of Galas, the bond snaps into place—and so does everything she’s tried to bury. Because Kai is her fated mate. And he’s a prince sworn to never claim one. Cold. Controlled. Dangerous. Kai is a man with walls built so high, not even his wolf can reach him. But Adalyn tempts the animal inside, pulling claws, baring teeth, and demanding to be devoured. The kingdom is on the brink of war. The palace is a nest of vipers. And every inch Kai gets closer to her pushes him one breath closer to losing control. Their bond is forbidden. Their chemistry? Unstoppable. And if Kai gives in to his wolf… he won’t stop until she’s on her knees, marked and claimed.