A sob worked its way up, and River’s throat choked with emotions associated with the worst kind of betrayal she had ever experienced.

When he takes matters into his own claws and cruelly captures the she-wolf himself, his lycan soul rebels and fights him at every turn to protect her. She was a seemingly normal girl, with a normal job until it all changed one night when he walked through the front door and her life changed abruptly. Inkitt is the world’s first reader-powered publisher, providing a platform to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors. The humans in the cages were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four, of varying sizes, colours, and levels of training.Too many lives were lost and the pack was still unstable to go get so many females back and potentially risk getting into a war. He is now 18 and has to find his mate, while trying to enjoy his last summer before taking his place as King and Alpha. With his fingers around her throat, he pulled her and then slammed her against another shelf, drawing out a cry from her. My mother blessed with a gift and on my 18th birthday, I got find out I have a special and cool power. I leaned in and kissed him softly on the lips and I felt the sparks of the mate bond flow through me.

When I rescued the last Lycan from his cage, I never thought that one day, I would be put into a cage by him. River was waiting to find her mate on her eighteenth birthday, hoping to be relieved of this agony because mates took care of each other, but she was not ready for this. And he had influenced his entire pack to brutally abuse all their slaves for the smallest of the things.

Avalyn," I repeated, her name rolling off my tongue so effortlessly that it felt like I had been saying it all my life. That moment, that perfect moment in my life, was the last time I would ever experience that kind of joy. I had a thirst for knowledge and wasn’t certain about how I wanted to contribute to our pack, so I kept my options open. Hunter, the Lycan King, comes to take his breeder, thinking he would reject her because he is already betrothed to Rosalie, a she-lycan.

She was uncomfortable during our short trip from the hotel lobby to my suite but I made sure to hold her hand all the while, silently letting her know that I was here for her.High rise chandeliers hung from the ceiling, more to give off a luxurious look than to give off light.