She was given to the Tyrant King as a peace offering. She has no intention of staying his.

Sera Blackwood was raised on stories of the monster who rules Shadowpeak — the lycan king who tore out his own father's throat to claim the throne. Now her father's last bargain has made her that monster's bride, bound in silver chains before two hundred wolves who will never lift a finger to save her. But Sera is alpha-born, healer-trained, and done watching strong women wither inside gilded cages. The moment the guards change at midnight, she runs.

The problem with running from a fated mate? He always hunts.

Kael Nightshade could force the bond and be done with it. Instead, he lets her go — and then comes after her himself, alone, into the Wild Lands where rogues, shadow beasts, and a brutal autumn are already trying to kill them both. What Sera expects is a tyrant dragging his runaway bride home in chains. What she gets is something far more dangerous: a possessive alpha who refuses to claim what isn't freely given, a male whose touch her wolf recognizes even as her heart fights it, and three nights in the wilderness that will unravel everything she thought she knew about the enemy she married.

Because Kael Nightshade is not his father. And the bond between them isn't a collar — it's a choice.

This is a slow-burn, high-tension dark shifter romance for readers who love forced-marriage tension, fated mates, and a ruthless alpha who'd burn down his own kingdom before he'd break the woman he loves. If you devour enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity survival romance, and lycan kings with a body count and a buried heart, Shadowpeak is waiting.

One-click now and find out what happens when the prey stops running — and the Tyrant King finally has to earn her.