23-year-old Wren Vessylia, a fox shifter, has only known pain all her life. Hunted, sold, beaten, and tortured. So, when one day she is sold to an Alpha who uses her as leverage for the powerful Alpha Cassian Knight, Wren realizes her life is about to change drastically when Alpha Cassian Knight claims her as his.
Foxes and wolves are never meant to mix; their union is seen as unholy and impure. A forbidden attraction blooms between Cassian and Wren, one that only spells doom.
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"That's the problem, Wren. You don’t listen. You don’t go around chasing rogue wolves. You’re reckless and stubborn.”
I took a step closer, something in his tone igniting a spark of defiance in me. "And you hate that, don't you?"
"I don't hate it." His voice was lower now, rough. "It just scares me."
The honesty in his words caught me off guard. My heart pounded.
My fingers twitched at my sides, aching to touch him, to close the space between us.
Cassian exhaled sharply. "You drive me insane, Wren. I can't explain it."
And before I could stop myself, before I could think better of it, I surged forward and kissed him.
Cassian froze for half a second before he responded, his hands gripping my waist, pulling me against him. I pressed my hands on his rock-hard chest.
I slid my hands down his chest, feeling the hard planes of muscle, the warmth of his skin beneath my fingertips. Cassian's breath hitched, his grip on me tightening.
"Wren," he murmured against my lips, his voice strained.
I didn't want to stop. I didn't want to think. I didn't care if it was right or wrong.
But Cassian pulled back just enough to rest his forehead against mine, his breath coming fast. "We need to slow down."
I met his gaze, my own breath just as unsteady. "Do we?"
His fingers brushed against my jaw, a soft contrast to the heat between us. "Yes." He exhaled. "Because when I finally have you, Wren, I'm not stopping."
A shiver ran down my spine at the promise in his voice.
"I don't want you to stop, Cassian."