The Alpha's Vow Was a Lie

A young woman in a patched grey dress walks toward a crowded town square in the rain.

The Claiming Board went up at dawn, and I put on my one good dress to watch Joss name me.

Patched grey wool with a hem I'd sewn three times. I thought love could cover a bad hem.

The Alpha's Vow Was a Lie

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At the Gloamridge Claiming Board, Eden Harker waits for Joss Carey to name her. Instead he names her half-sister Odessa, and the pack laughs while Odessa spills ink on Eden’s dress. Eden hides in the old bell tower and finds a wounded stranger in the storm. Mating heat takes over. By dawn he is gone, and a secret bite burns on her shoulder. The feared Alpha Varek Lorne needs a bride for the council. He chooses Eden. His bargain is cold: she will stand at his side, her sick mother will be cared for, and he will never love her. His aunt and brother give her a warm room. Varek gives her rules. He is still searching for the lost woman he calls his mate. Eden hides the bite that could prove she is more than a contract. If Varek learns the truth, his cold vow may be the least dangerous thing between them.