“I’d never felt more alive in my life. It was like I had been living a half-life up to this point with Caine’s mark poisoning every moment, every thought… every feeling.”
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Amaya, Princess of Emerald Mountain, is finally coming of age. She’s set to formalize an arrangement between Caine, the Alpha of Wormwood, and her father. When Caine callously rejects their bond, Amaya’s father banishes her– forever. With nowhere to turn, she ends up in the arms of her pack’s sworn enemy, alone in a territory of darkness and nightmares… The Kingdom of Shadowguard.
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“There was something so familiar about him but I couldn’t place it. It was as if my heart knew him all along… but that was ridiculous.” 
Mated to the Alpha of Shadows is created by Claire Wilkins, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

Mated to the Alpha King of Shadows

“What happened?” Amaya asked, her voice full of fear as she frantically packed her sleep sack. “What was that?” 


I didn’t want to alarm her but she was right, she had every right to know. I took a deep breath. “It was a rogue,” I said gruffly as I threw on a new outfit. I wrapped my wounded arm in the scraps of my old shirt, careful to not let Amaya see my injury. 


I smiled to myself, ignoring the pain in my arm because I caught her checking me out. She was not subtle. Not even a little bit. The pain in my arm was nothing I couldn’t handle after that. 


“A rogue?” I heard a slight tremble in her voice. “Are there many around here?” 


I quickly finished packing up the remainder of our camp. “Look, you have nothing to be afraid of but we do need to keep moving.” She nodded her head. “There’s a small village a few miles from here, hopefully, we can make it by lunch.” 


Chapter 17 : Rogue Territory