Chapter 1: The Forced Mate
My name is Aron, son of Apex.
I stand in the great hall of the Seven Kingdoms, and every wolf in Algeria is watching me. My father’s voice echoes off the stone walls.
"Son, today you claim your mate."
I want to laugh. Or punch something. Because the woman standing across from me in a black gown, red lips, and eyes like blood... is Lyinda.
The Vampire Queen.
She’s a b***h. Stubborn. Dangerous. And the last person I would ever choose.
But my father’s wish is law. And the treaty between wolves and vampires depends on this bond.
Lyinda lifts her chin. “I’d rather burn than be claimed by a beast,” she spits.
The crowd gasps. My wolf snarls in my chest.
Good. Because I was thinking the exact same thing.
But when our eyes meet, something ancient sparks between us. Something neither of us can control.
I looked at her my beast threatening to shred her to a thousand pieces, she was humiliating me in front of my subject,I was beyond pissed.
Do you think I would marry a blood fuckin b***h like you tis, disgusting,I looked away only to meet my father's blood shoot eyes,he said you......