“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

The sound of trees snapped behind us as if they were twigs. The crashing sound that followed was deafening. My heart was racing so quickly, I couldn’t feel it anymore. 


Wren ran faster and faster avoiding the falling trees but they grew closer still. 


I cursed under my breath, I wish I could shift. I felt like useless dead weight. Wren could run faster without having to carry me on his back. 


All I could hear were my frantic breaths as I suddenly flew from Wren’s back. Then, I was going up. I felt sharp talons digging into my shoulders. I screamed as loudly as I could. I watched Wren become smaller and smaller in the distance as I became level with the treetops. 


I dared to look up at the creature that had stolen me from Wren’s back. The beast was twice the size of Wren’s wolf with the body of a lion, the wings of a dragon, and the tail of a scorpion - a Goddess damn manticore. 


Chapter 25 : Attacked