fantasyromanceAuthor: Bistas_She|Status: Completed
Corinne was never the princess. She was just the stand-in, sent to marry Alpha Barrett Locke and end a war. The crown was fake, the vows were lies, and the marriage was supposed to be temporary. But the mate bond that activates between them does not care about authenticity -- it cares about the soul. Alpha Barrett is mad -- not in the colloquial sense but in the way that makes entire packs tremble. His rage is legendary, his control is slipping, and the substitute bride sent to appease him was expected to be a sacrifice, not a salvation. But Corinne's presence has a calming effect that no one predicted, and the Alpha's madness begins to recede in the warmth of a genuine connection. As the substitute bride discovers that the mad Alpha's madness hides a heart of extraordinary depth, and Barrett discovers that the fake princess is the most real person in his world, their temporary marriage becomes permanent. The substitute who was sent to die becomes the queen who heals a king, and the mad Alpha who was supposed to destroy her becomes the man who would destroy the world for her.
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