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[COMPLETE] What life is left for a warrior when there is no more enemy to fight?

...He knelt before her in the posture of a soldier giving honor to their Queen. And she didn't even know it.

“Harth," he rasped, "I come empty-handed. I bring no weapon. Because I swear to you, I will never choose to harm you. Never draw your blood—in anger, or in fear. I bring no shield. Because I vow I will never defend myself from your eyes, your hands, your mind. I am yours.”

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After a year of peace in Anima, Tarkyn finds himself... lonely. As the Captain of the Queen's Guard and a lion-shifter, he has met every female in the tribes, but never found his mate. Certain he must have overlooked someone, Tarkyn undertakes a grueling ritual, pleading with the Creator to reveal her. But the ritual presses him to the end of even his formidable strength. 

Yet, the Creator heard his cry...

Discovered on the brink of death by his mate, Harth, and nursed back to health, Tarkyn now faces the most difficult battle of his life. Because Harth isn’t just a stranger to the Anima, she is a weapon of the humans who tried to destroy them.

Can the love of a warrior and his enemy bring peace to Anima? Or will they be torn apart forever by war between their peoples?

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STANDALONE STORY: While Tarkyn's story is a part of the Anima world and fans will be reunited with some of their favorites as side-characters, Tarkyn and Harth are new POV characters and their story is a new plot arc, so their story can be enjoyed without reading the previous books! But please add Falling in Love with the King of Beasts, and Taming the Queen of Beasts to your library to enjoy later!

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Mated to the Warrior Beast

Harth successfully navigated Tarkyn through the forest to her tent which was on the edge of camp.

They met no patrols. Hid from no known borders or guards. They slipped into the encampment when most of the Chimera were asleep, and didn't even risk running into anyone.

Tarkyn was troubled—was this the state of Chimeran defense? But Harth assured him it wasn't. But why they'd found no one…

And then as they crept closer to the tent, they passed several others that were empty and cold. No fresh scent. No dying fires. As if some of the Chimera had left or moved. There seemed to be very few on this side of the tent-village at all.

They spoke through the bond for the rest of the trip, even after they reached her tent and bedded down. Even knowing there was no one else close-by.

Simple Certainty