“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

I didn’t want to tell Amaya that I was nervous about this meeting. In the ten years of my reign, this was the first time I’d ever met any of the other alpha kings. I probably should’ve but my ancestors made a precinct of closing our borders. 


There were too many precious secrets that it was my duty to protect and keep. It filled me with anxiety to break the tradition and leave Shadowguard, especially to aid another territory. 


Mine wasn’t the only tradition being broken. King Orion had happily established trade between Sunfall Coast and Emerald Mountain. Amaya told me how he visited her father. She joked and called Orion her uncle. It must’ve been no small feat that he forwent his treaty and trade routes to reach out to me. 


I knew Hightower was a fuck up, but damn. 


Chapter 33 : Ambushed by the Enemy