The Alpha I Was Taught to Fear

In Havenwood, Sylvia survives by following three rules: obey the wardens, take her daily silver-salt injection, and fear the wolves beyond the walls. Then she sees Valen, the Ironfang Alpha, fall under silver fire—and feels his pain inside her own chest. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, her prescribed dose doubles. Desperate for relief, she secretly skips an injection. Suddenly, she can hear whispers through stone. Her dreams smell of cedar and pine. And a voice inside her speaks one impossible word: “Mate.” Valen is the monster she has been taught to fear. The pull toward him is becoming impossible to ignore. With another raid approaching and the wardens watching her every move, Sylvia must decide what to do about a bond she never chose—and an Alpha she has never been allowed to know.