George Mills

She was the pack princess. He was her fated mate. On the Blood Moon, he rejected her in front of everyone and claimed her sister instead. Stripped of her title, beaten, and left to die in the rogue wastes, Lyra should have died that night. Instead, something ancient woke inside her. Now she carries a secret that could destroy them all: she is pregnant with the Alpha who discarded her. Found half-dead by Kasian, the merciless Lycan Despot who rules the empire with ice and blood, Lyra becomes his most dangerous prize. He does not offer comfort. He offers power. In exchange, he demands complete surrender. But the longer she stays in his obsidian fortress, the harder it becomes to tell who is claiming whom. Her former mate wants her back. Her bloodline wants war. And the Despot who was never supposed to feel anything has already decided she belongs to him. There is no escape. Only the bond. And the ruin that comes with it.