Mated to the Tyrant Alpha

Vera Kane came to Iron Mountain as a hostage, the pacifist's daughter handed over to the tyrant. She planned to keep her head down. On her first night, the bond fires across the great hall. Deacon Kane — no relation, no mercy — rejects her in front of his entire court and has her sent to the kennels. He should have freed himself. He cannot. Every night his bond pulls him down the kennel row. Every day it shakes his hand in council. His own betas have started to notice. And his brother Ren has come home from exile with a blood pact and a claim. When the pack splits, Vera has to decide: give Iron Mountain to a worse man, or stand beside the one who threw her away. She will make him swear first.