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The Ex-Wife's Revenge: Rise of the Real Heiress.

Author: AngelinaBhardawaj|Status: Completed

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Three years of marriage. Three years of silence, loneliness, no recognition, and now betrayal. Elara Frost thought love meant patience, that one day her husband would finally see her. Instead, she discovered that the man she devoted her life to never loved her at all -- he married her for her family's connections and discarded her the moment a better option appeared. But Elara is not the meek wife her husband remembers. Beneath the years of suppressed emotions lies the bloodline of a real heiress -- a woman whose family name carries more power than her husband's entire empire. When the truth about her heritage surfaces, Elara transforms from the pitiful ex-wife into the most formidable woman in the city. Her revenge is not loud or violent. It is surgical. She buys his failing assets, poaches his best employees, and outmaneuvers him in every boardroom they share. The ex-husband who discarded her watches in horror as the woman he underestimated systematically dismantles everything he built. Elara's rise is not just about revenge -- it is about reclaiming the identity she buried to please a man who never deserved her. The real heiress has returned, and she is done being invisible.

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The Duke's Unwanted Second Wife

Author: Kn_star8|Status: Completed

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Eilika Wolanski is the eldest daughter of one of Varos's most respected merchants, but respect has never brought her kindness. A childhood accident left a scar across her cheek, and that scar has defined her life -- marking her as damaged goods in a society obsessed with beauty. When the Duke needs a second wife to manage his household and care for his children, Eilika is chosen not for love but for convenience. The Duke barely acknowledges her existence. His heart still belongs to his deceased first wife, and Eilika is merely a placeholder -- a scarred woman tasked with duties she was never trained for. The household staff dismisses her, the Duke's children resent her, and the court whispers about the ugly merchant's daughter who dared to marry above her station. But Eilika is not the fragile wallflower everyone assumes. Behind the scar lies a mind sharper than any courtier's and a heart resilient enough to survive rejection. She transforms the Duke's neglected household, earns the children's trust through patience, and catches the Duke's attention through competence he never expected. The unwanted second wife who was chosen for her ugliness becomes the one person the Duke cannot imagine living without, proving that the deepest beauty is the kind that grows slowly and lasts forever.

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The Divorced Wife of the Richest Man is Reborn

Author: NovelFire|Status: Completed

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Chen Meilan was reborn, finding herself back in 1988 when she had been abandoned by her nouveau riche ex-husband and was struggling to raise her daughter alone. Her ex-husband left her with a large courtyard house in a neighborhood that time would soon transform into prime real estate, and nothing else. In her previous life, she squandered this opportunity, eventually dying in poverty and regret. This time, Chen Meilan knows the future. She knows which businesses will boom, which stocks will soar, and which investments will turn a courtyard house into the foundation of an empire. Armed with decades of market knowledge, she begins to build a financial dynasty that makes her ex-husband's wealth look like pocket change. As her business empire grows, the ex-husband who abandoned her realizes the magnitude of his mistake. He comes crawling back, not out of love but out of greed -- Chen Meilan's fortune now dwarfs his own. But the reborn wife is not interested in reconciliation. She is interested in raising her daughter, expanding her empire, and proving that the woman he threw away was always destined to be richer than him. In 1988, the divorced wife of the richest man begins her own journey to become the richest woman.

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The Divorced Heiress Is Getting Married Again!

Author: yoojee|Status: Completed

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Although it was only a marriage of convenience, Amelie Ashford was the perfect wife in every aspect. She was intelligent, obedient, and well-respected. She was kind to everyone and devoted to her husband. And she was perfectly, utterly miserable. The husband she served with such precision never once looked at her with anything warmer than indifference. When Amelie finally files for divorce, the social circles that praised her as the perfect wife are shocked. Her ex-husband, who assumed she would never leave, is stunned. But Amelie has spent years in a loveless marriage, and she has no intention of spending another day pretending. She walks away with her dignity, her family name, and a determination to live life on her own terms. What follows is the most talked-about comeback in high society. Amelie, the divorced heiress, announces she is getting married again -- and this time, it is not for convenience. The man she has chosen is everything her ex-husband is not: attentive, passionate, and genuinely in love with the woman behind the perfect facade. Her ex-husband, confronted with the reality that the wife he discarded is now the most sought-after woman in the city, spirals into regret. But Amelie is done being perfect for people who do not deserve it.

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The Devil Who Claimed Me

Author: Angelica2511|Status: Completed

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In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'I'd rather die than be owned by you,' she screamed. He approached slowly, his expression cold and unreadable. 'You can't die without my permission.' The exchange captures the essence of their relationship -- defiance against absolute power, rebellion against a captor who refuses to break. She hated him for lying to her and kidnapping her. He would burn the world to protect her. Her captivity was supposed to be temporary, a means to an end in a larger game she did not understand. But the Devil who took her is not the monster she expected. Behind his cold exterior lies a man burdened by enemies, cursed by power, and desperately alone. His claim on her is not just possession -- it is the first genuine connection he has formed in centuries. As she plots her escape, she discovers that the Devil's world is far more dangerous than her captivity. Rivals want her dead, ancient enemies want the Devil destroyed, and the safest place in existence is beside the one man she swore to hate. The hatred she carried begins to crack under the weight of moments she did not expect -- his gentleness when she is frightened, his fury when she is threatened, his quiet confession that she is the only person who has ever made him feel human. The devil who claimed her may be the only one who can save her.

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The Devil's obsession with the Heiress

Author: Eva_Moon04|Status: Completed

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Aliana Vanderbilt is the witty, fierce heiress to a multi-billion-dollar empire. She has always lived life on her own terms -- bold, unapologetic, and in complete control. Then one fateful night changes everything. After a brutal attack leaves her shattered, Aliana discovers that the mysterious man who saved her is not a guardian angel but something far more dangerous: a devil. The Devil becomes obsessed. Not with her empire, her wealth, or her name -- but with Aliana herself. He is dark, possessive, and operates by a moral code that exists entirely outside human law. His protection comes with conditions: she belongs to him, and anyone who threatens her will face consequences that make conventional justice look gentle. Aliana, who has spent her life refusing to be owned by anyone, fights the Devil's claim with every weapon at her disposal -- her wit, her pride, and her infuriating independence. But the Devil is patient, and his obsession is not the fleeting kind. He has waited centuries for someone worth claiming, and the heiress who refuses to be possessed is the one person who makes eternity worth enduring. In a battle between a woman who will not be owned and a devil who will not let go, the only certainty is that neither will walk away unchanged.

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The Devil's Contractual Bride

Author: Chika_writes|Status: Completed

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Aria Thorne's life crumbles when she realizes her husband Ethan is a chronic cheater and usurper. The divorce is messy, the debt is crushing, and the office scandals brewed by her jealous ex make rebuilding nearly impossible. Just when Aria thinks she has hit rock bottom, a devil appears -- not the mythological kind, but a man whose reputation for ruthlessness earns him the nickname. The Devil offers Aria a contract: marry him, and he will solve her debt problems, protect her from Ethan's harassment, and give her the resources to rebuild her career. In exchange, she must play the role of his devoted wife for one year. It is a business arrangement, nothing more. Aria signs, expecting a year of pretending. What she does not expect is that the Devil behind the contract is a man of depth, complexity, and a protective instinct that makes her ex-husband look like a child. As the contractual year progresses, the lines between performance and reality blur. The Devil, who entered this arrangement with cold pragmatism, discovers that his contractual bride is the first woman who sees past his reputation. And Aria, who signed the contract as a survival strategy, discovers that the Devil's idea of protection includes her heart.

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The Cursed Alpha Prince's Replacement Bride

Author: Paschalinelily|Status: Completed

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Amara, a wealthy aristocrat's well-bred daughter with a secret to hide, is thrown into despair when she discovers she is not the Caldwells' biological daughter. The revelation comes at the worst possible moment -- her family has already arranged her marriage to the Cursed Alpha Prince, a man whose reputation makes brave warriors faint. With the real daughter refusing to go, Amara is pushed forward as the replacement bride. The Alpha Prince is cursed -- a dark affliction that twists his wolf and terrifies anyone who gets close. His previous brides did not survive the wedding night, not because he is violent, but because the curse manifests as a consuming darkness that destroys everything it touches. The prince has accepted his fate and expects his newest bride to meet the same end. But Amara carries a secret that changes everything: she is not entirely human. The bloodline she inherited from her real parents is the one thing capable of neutralizing the prince's curse. What should have been a death sentence becomes the beginning of a bond that neither of them anticipated. The replacement bride who was sent to die becomes the only person who can save the cursed prince, and the love that blooms between them is the most powerful antidote to the darkness that has haunted him for years.

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The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius

Author: Lord September|Status: Completed

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She originally planned to take her sister's place and marry a sixty-year-old man -- a sacrifice she was willing to make to protect her family. But fate intervened, and she accidentally married the wrong man: the richest CEO in the city, who had also mistaken her for someone else. She expected a loveless arrangement that would end in a quick divorce. He expected a trophy wife he could ignore. Both were spectacularly wrong. The substitute wife turns out to be a genius -- not just academically, but in the ways that matter most. She solves his business crises with casual brilliance, outsmarts his corporate rivals over dinner conversation, and transforms his household from a sterile showroom into a warm home. The CEO who married her by accident begins to suspect that the best mistake of his life was this one. As the truth about the switch emerges, the CEO faces a choice: honor the original arrangement or fight for the woman who turned his life upside down. His decision is complicated by the sister who wants her position back, a family that disapproves of the substitute, and enemies who see the wife's genius as a threat. The substitute wife who was supposed to be temporary proves to be the most permanent fixture in the CEO's world, and the accidental marriage becomes the most intentional thing either of them has ever done.

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The CEO's Lovely Wife

Author: Marielle14|Status: Completed

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Lanna October is a woman who was cold and devoid of emotions. Years of trauma, betrayal, and loss taught her that feelings are liabilities, and vulnerability is a weakness the world exploits. She built walls so high that no one -- friend, family, or lover -- could climb them. Then she met Lexus, and every wall she constructed began to crumble. Lexus is not the type of man who knocks politely. He walks through doors uninvited, speaks truths no one asked for, and refuses to accept that October's coldness is permanent. He sees the woman beneath the ice -- the one who flinches at kindness, who panics at tenderness, who has never been loved without conditions. And he decides, with the stubbornness of a man who has never failed at anything, that he will be the one to change that. As Lexus chips away at October's defenses, he gives her something she never expected: a gift she never thought she would receive. It is not diamonds or flowers but something far more valuable -- the feeling of being safe. For the first time in her life, October allows someone to see her, truly see her, and the CEO who married a woman of ice discovers he has a wife whose heart, once thawed, burns with a passion that matches his own.

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The CEO's loser wife: Rebirth of the villainous queen of alchemy

Author: Yolohy|Status: Completed

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Transmigrating into the body of a poor, mistreated young lady, the craziest alchemist of the seven realms must now navigate a world of corporate politics instead of mystical potions. In her previous life, she commanded fear and respect as the Queen of Alchemy. In this life, she is the CEO's loser wife -- a woman the world mocks for her poverty, her plainness, and her inability to hold her husband's attention. But the Queen of Alchemy does not stay a loser for long. She begins to apply her ancient knowledge to modern chemistry, creating products that revolutionize the beauty and pharmaceutical industries. The CEO who dismissed her as talentless watches in stunned silence as his 'loser wife' builds a business empire that rivals his own. The woman who could not boil water in this world's kitchen is now the most sought-after innovator in the country. As her power and wealth grow, the CEO begins to see the woman behind the plain exterior -- and she is magnificent. But the Queen of Alchemy is not interested in a man who only noticed her after she became successful. She has kingdoms to build, formulas to perfect, and a previous life's unfinished business that is bleeding into this one. The loser wife has been reborn, and the world will never be the same.

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The Billionaire's Secret Bump

Author: Shazziee|Status: Completed

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In the glittering, high-stakes world of Aurelia Bay's beauty empire, Fiona Flare's life shatters on what was supposed to be her engagement night. Dumped by her fiance for someone 'more aligned with his trajectory,' Fiona drowns her sorrows in champagne and wakes up in a stranger's bed -- a stranger who turns out to be the most powerful man in the city. The one-night stand was supposed to be forgotten. But Fiona discovers she is pregnant, and the father is not just any man -- he is the billionaire who controls the very industry she is trying to break into. Hiding the pregnancy becomes impossible when career and personal lives collide, and Fiona finds herself face-to-face with the man she hoped to never see again. The billionaire, who has spent years maintaining emotional distance from every woman he meets, is rocked by the discovery that he is going to be a father. His initial reaction is cold pragmatism, but as he watches Fiona navigate her pregnancy with fierce independence and zero interest in his money, something shifts. The woman who was supposed to be a forgotten mistake becomes the most important person in his life, and the secret bump that Fiona tried to hide becomes the reason he finally learns what it means to love someone more than himself.

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The Billionaire's Secret Baby

Author: BabyAngel2|Status: Completed

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Isabella Howells sold her body to save her mother's life. It was supposed to be one night, one transaction, one desperate act of sacrifice. She never expected the man she gave herself to would turn out to be her new boss. Or the father of her child. When Isabella discovers she is pregnant, she does what any woman in her position would do -- she hides. For years, Isabella raises her child in the shadows, working tirelessly to provide while avoiding the billionaire's orbit. But fate has a cruel sense of humor, and circumstances force her back into his world. The boss who once used her as a transaction recognizes something in the child that mirrors his own face, and the secret Isabella fought so hard to protect begins to unravel. The billionaire's reaction is not what Isabella feared. Instead of anger or denial, he is consumed by a fierce protectiveness that extends to both mother and child. But his world is dangerous, his enemies are ruthless, and the existence of a secret heir puts a target on the child's back. Isabella must decide whether to trust the man who was once her transaction with the most precious thing in her life, or continue running from a truth that is catching up faster than she can flee.

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The billionaire's omega wolf bride

Author: Sofie_Vert01|Status: Completed

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Lenora Maen always dreamed of finding her fated mate. As heir to the White Stone Pack, she was raised to believe the mate bond was sacred -- an unbreakable connection blessed by the Moon Goddess. She imagined love, devotion, and a partnership that would strengthen her pack for generations. What she got instead was a mate who rejected her in front of the entire territory. The rejection devastates Lenora, but it is only the beginning of her problems. Her family's pack is in financial ruin, and the only solution is an arranged marriage with a billionaire -- a human billionaire who has no idea that werewolves exist. Lenora enters the marriage expecting a business arrangement. What she finds is a man whose instincts, though human, recognize something in her that even her own kind failed to see. As Lenora navigates the impossible task of hiding her wolf nature from a husband who notices everything, she discovers that the billionaire's world has its own dangers -- corporate enemies, political conspiracies, and threats that blur the line between human and supernatural. The omega wolf bride who married for survival discovers that the human billionaire may be the true mate the Moon Goddess intended all along, and the rejection that broke her heart was the redirection that saved her life.

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The Billionaire's Heir I Never Knew Was Mine

Author: PurpleLight|Status: Completed

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Sienna Adams's life is anything but peaceful. She is burdened by debts that are not hers and running from a past she refuses to face. Love is the last thing on her mind -- until she encounters Zachary Sterling, a man shrouded in mystery, wealth, and a darkness that should send her running. Instead, it draws her closer. Their connection is instant and consuming, but Sienna has secrets she cannot share and a life too complicated for romance. When she disappears from Zachary's world without explanation, he assumes it was a fleeting encounter. What he does not know is that Sienna left carrying his child -- an heir to the Sterling fortune that neither of them planned. Years later, Zachary discovers the truth, and his reaction is not the anger Sienna expected -- it is a fierce, protective determination to claim the family he never knew he had. But Sienna's past is catching up, the debts are coming due, and the enemies who forced her into hiding are closing in on the child who carries the Sterling name. The billionaire who never knew he was a father must now fight for a family he did not earn, while Sienna must decide if trusting a man with her secrets is worth the risk of losing everything.

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The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns!

Author: Poisonlily|Status: Completed

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In a world where words carry weight, a single moment changes everything. 'You never loved me anyway, did you?' From the start, Lucy Grey knew her marriage was doomed to fall. She held onto her one-sided love for her husband for two years, pouring everything she had into a relationship that was never balanced. He gave her wealth, status, and a ring -- but never his heart. When she finally accepts the truth, Lucy files for divorce and disappears from his world without a backward glance. Years later, Lucy returns. Not as the desperate wife who left, but as a woman transformed. She is successful, radiant, and carrying herself with a confidence that her ex-husband never saw during their marriage. The billionaire who assumed Lucy would fade into obscurity is stunned to discover that the woman he dismissed has become someone the entire city admires. Now the ex-husband wants her back, driven not by love but by the realization that Lucy was the only genuine thing in his life. But Lucy is not interested in being a second choice. She has built a world without him, and the man who never loved her will have to prove he can start from scratch. The billionaire's ex-wife did not just return -- she returned as the one person he can no longer control.

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The Billionaire CEO Betrays his Wife: He wants her back

Author: Cassy_3|Status: Completed

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Mara and Maria-Isabel have always been best friends. While Mara is happily married to Ethan, a powerful billionaire CEO, Maria-Isabel is trapped in an abusive relationship she cannot escape alone. When Mara and Ethan help Maria-Isabel flee, they never expect that the rescue will ignite a chain of events that destroys Mara's marriage from the inside. Ethan's involvement in Maria-Isabel's rescue creates an intimacy that Mara did not anticipate. The lines between helping a friend and crossing boundaries blur, and Mara discovers that her husband's connection with her best friend goes deeper than she imagined. The betrayal cuts twice as deep because it comes from the two people she trusted most in the world. Left shattered by the double betrayal, Mara must rebuild her life from the wreckage. But Ethan, confronted with the consequences of his actions, realizes that the woman he risked everything to help is not the woman he wants to spend his life with. He wants Mara back -- not as a convenience, but as the partner he should have valued from the beginning. The billionaire CEO who had everything discovers that some losses cannot be recovered with wealth, and the wife he betrayed may be the one person whose forgiveness money cannot buy.

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The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Author: Mysterious Pavilion|Status: Completed

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Chu Xuan transmigrated and was fortunate to be saved by an icy beauty, embarking on the path of immortality ever since. Her cultivation is extremely high, her beauty peerless, and her demeanor perpetually aloof. She saved his life once and has reminded him of that debt every single day since. Their relationship is built on equal parts gratitude, exasperation, and a rivalry so fierce that the entire cultivation world assumes they are mortal enemies. But the line between enmity and attraction is thinner than either of them admits. Every argument sparks with tension that has nothing to do with anger. Every competitive challenge ends with both of them breathless and grinning. The cultivation world watches in bewilderment as the icy beauty and the transmigrated upstart tear each other apart in public and share knowing glances in private. When a catastrophic threat forces them to combine their powers, the result shocks everyone -- including themselves. Their cultivation techniques, which should be incompatible, merge with a harmony that suggests something deeper than rivalry. The arch-enemy who should never become a wife is slowly, reluctantly, irresistibly becoming exactly that. In a world where cultivation partnerships are sacred and enemies are meant to be destroyed, Chu Xuan and his icy nemesis discover that the strongest bonds are forged in conflict.

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The Alpha Who Regrets Losing Me

Author: ThGirlOutOfHerPack|Status: Completed

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Elara spent her entire life believing in the mate bond. As the daughter of a low-ranking wolf, she knew her place in the pack: quiet, loyal, invisible. She accepted her role without complaint, never expecting more than the life she was given. Then the Moon Goddess revealed her mate, and Elara's world shattered. Her mate is the Alpha -- the most powerful wolf in the pack, the one man every she-wolf dreams of. But the Alpha does not want an invisible omega as his Luna. He rejects Elara publicly, cruelly, and without remorse. The pack laughs, the she-wolves celebrate, and Elara walks away with nothing but the broken pieces of a bond she never asked for. What follows is Elara's transformation from rejected omega to formidable Luna. She leaves the pack, discovers latent powers that rival any Alpha, and builds a new life that makes her old one look like a bad dream. When the Alpha who rejected her realizes what he threw away, his regret is instant and consuming. But Elara is no longer the quiet girl who waited by the door. She is powerful, independent, and entirely uninterested in a man who only wanted her after someone else showed him what he lost.

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The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate

Author: TheLoneQuill|Status: Completed

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Her blood was liquid gold. The moment it hit the basin, the scent slammed into Prince Dexmon like a charging bull, obliterating every concern for timing, place, and consequence. A primal urge to mate with her followed, so powerful that even his royal composure shattered. The source of this intoxicating blood is the last woman he should want -- a commoner whose existence threatens the carefully arranged alliance his family has spent decades building. Dexmon is the heir to the most powerful pack in the territory, betrothed to a princess from an allied kingdom. His duty is clear, his path set. But the mate bond does not negotiate, and his wolf has already made its choice. Every time he sees the unclaimed mate, his control weakens, his focus crumbles, and the prince who was groomed to be king finds himself questioning everything he was raised to believe. The unclaimed mate, meanwhile, has no idea why the prince keeps appearing in her life with an intensity that borders on stalking. She is independent, sharp-tongued, and entirely uninterested in the politics of royal wolves. As Dexmon fights the bond and the arranged marriage closes in, enemies from both kingdoms sense the weakness and begin to maneuver. The prince must choose between duty and destiny, and the unclaimed mate must decide if she is willing to be claimed by a man whose world would destroy her.

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