“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

It took about three days for us to get to Whiteburn Mountain. King Orion of Sunfall Coast arrived before we did and established the meeting site at an old abandoned manor that was nestled in the foothills. 


Wren, ever the paranoid, set up our camp about a mile north of the manor. We were deep in the woods, guarded by the thick canopy of evergreens. It was nice to be away from the snow. I’d almost forgotten that the snow had melted by this time of year when you weren’t in the middle of the mountains of Shadowguard. 


I remember once as a child, my father brought me to the mountain and I was so impressed with it. It was the tallest mountain I had ever seen. Now after living in Shadowguard, this mountain looked like a hill. I spent most of my time wondering how the hell it got its name, surely the person who named it never saw an actual mountain. 


Chapter 32 : It’s a Trap