He was sent to end her life. He chose to claim it instead.
In a world where pack law is absolute and the executioner's word is final, Kaine has never hesitated — not once, not for anyone. He is the blade the Alpha wields in the dark, the name whispered in fear across every territory. He does not spare. He does not feel. Until her.
Isla never expected to survive the night they dragged her before him. She'd heard the stories — every condemned wolf had. The Pack Executioner doesn't negotiate. He doesn't show mercy. And he certainly doesn't look at his targets the way he's looking at her now — like she's something the universe stitched into his bones long before either of them had a choice.
Fated mates. The cruelest joke the Moon ever told.
Now, instead of a swift death, she gets something far more terrifying: him. Close. Constant. Inescapable. Forced behind the same walls, into the same suffocating space — and Kaine is done pretending the bond between them is something he can ignore. He won't hurt her. But he will keep her. She is his. The law be damned.
Possessive and brooding, Kaine will stop at nothing to protect the one woman he was supposed to destroy. But the Alpha who commands him hasn't given up — and the order to finish the job is still very much on the table.
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