cheryl

"For years, I belonged to him. Not his mate. Not his love. But his bedmate. His Gamma. His shadow in the night. Alpha Calhoun made sure no man dared touch me, no wolf dared look at me. I was his possession, his secret, his sin wrapped in skin. And I endured it all—his rough hands, his dark devotion, his kisses that tasted like fire and chains because at least, for a while, he was mine. Until she returned. His destined mate. His so-called true love. And suddenly, I was nothing. Cast aside, silenced, left to wither in the shadows of a love that had never been mine to claim. But the thing about being claimed by a man like Calhoun… is that he never truly lets you go. ""Try to leave me, Elodie,"" his voice had been a snarl against my throat, his grip bruising my waist. ""I'll burn down every border, tear apart every wolf that stands in my way, until you crawl back to me. You're mine, even if the Moon Goddess herself wants to rip you away."" He didn't know then that I already had one foot out the door. And when I finally left his pack… I took more than just my broken heart with me."

Celestia Moonvale has spent eighteen years believing she was nothing more than a human orphan, scraping by in the mortal world with only fragments of strange dreams to haunt her. But when a mysterious woman named Lunara appears on her birthday with an impossible truth, Celestia's world shatters. She isn't human. She's a werewolf princess, the lost daughter of the Moonvale bloodline, one of the most powerful royal houses in the hidden realm of Silvermoor. Thrust into a world of ancient magic, brutal hierarchies, and deadly politics, Celestia is enrolled in the infamous Ironfang Academy, where the strongest wolves are forged, and the weakest are destroyed. Her mother's ultimatum is clear: survive the academy and prove her worth, or be forced into a political marriage to secure the Moonvale legacy. But survival becomes infinitely more complicated when she crosses paths with Ragnor Bloodmoon, the ruthless heir to the Bloodmoon Pack and the academy's most feared Alpha. Arrogant, dangerous, and devastatingly magnetic, Ragnor has built his reputation on crushing anyone who dares challenge him. Their families have been sworn enemies for centuries, their bloodlines stained with betrayal and war. From the moment they meet, sparks fly and claws come out. Celestia refuses to bow to anyone, especially not to the brutal Alpha who seems determined to break her spirit. Ragnor is equally furious to discover that fate has a twisted sense of humor, because the infuriating princess who defies him at every turn is his destined mate. Neither of them wants this bond. Both of them will fight it with everything they have. But in a world where ancient prophecies, dark conspiracies, and deadly enemies lurk in every shadow, resisting fate might cost them everything, including each other. In the game of power and desire, only the strong survive. And Celestia Moonvale is about to discover just how savage she can be.