Anneke/Djaytree

To end a generations-long feud, Alpha Modric Volkov of Ironclaw Pack is forced into a political marriage with Mary Ann Sterling, the plus-size daughter of Mooncrest Pack’s Alpha. Bitter over losing the woman he believes he loves, Modric makes it clear he’ll never accept Mary Ann as his true Luna. As she endures his coldness and the relentless cruelty of her childhood bully, Velvera, Mary Ann quietly earns the love and respect of the entire pack through her strength, kindness, and unwavering dignity. But by the time Modric realizes he has fallen hopelessly in love with the wife he once despised, Mary Ann may no longer have any love left to give.

Opal Hart is trapped by duty, forced into an arranged marriage to the Alpha Prince—a man she’s never met, never wanted, and can’t imagine loving, who has a terrible and cruel reputation. The night before her wedding, desperate for one fleeting taste of freedom, she shares a passionate encounter with a stranger who promises her a sliver of the connection she craves. The next day, she’s meant to stand at the altar to meet her husband and resign herself to a life of sacrifice. But her new world is far more dangerous than she imagined. Whispers of betrayal and schemes swirl around her, and she soon realizes she’s not just a wife—she’s a pawn in a twisted game. And somewhere in the shadows, the man who once held her so intimately isn’t ready to let her go. In a dark, cruel world, will Opal end up a pawn, or will she find a way to claim her own destiny?

【Alpha Emanuel had eight girls before me. I was supposed to be his ninth. Until the Lycan King marked me as his own.】 “My venom is replacing Alpha Emanuel’s. It will take some time for it to burn away any reminder of him in your body and leave only my trace under your skin.” He leaned down, and I felt his breath against my ear. “But when it does, you’ll belong to me. Fully and completely.” Every girl who reaches the age of eighteen without a mate is volunteered for the Alphas’ Hunt. Hazel is no exception, and she is also the only one who sees it not as a chance to find a strong Alpha to take care of her, but rather as a ceremony that strips her of her free will and sends her out into the woods to be hunted like a deer. If she is claimed, she will be his. If she is not, she will return in shame and be shunned by her pack. Hazel knows the ways of the Alphas, being the daughter of a Beta, but what she doesn't count on is the presence of the Lycan King, Darian. The leader of all is participating in his first-ever hunt, and she is his prey.