CILLIAN I knew she would be the f*****g death of me one day, and exactly something like that had happened. But I had never anticipated that the blow would be so hard and fast. “Mate.” Kiera was my mate! As soon as the bloody word rang inside my head and Zeus growled with pride, I knew I had fallen deep. This time, it was my own hell. How can my black heart hold dear to a female when all I ever wanted was power and blood? And Kiera, of all females in the world of shifters, was the chosen mate? No f*****g way. I might wear the skin of a human, but my nature was that of an animal. And the animal knew of no reasons. It purely acted on instincts and impulse, and that was exactly what I wanted. I wanted Kiera as much as she wanted me, but the underlying and unqualified hatred between u

