SCENT OF THE FORSAKEN KING

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Synopsis

She rejected the Alpha King on the night of her coronation. Now she's his prisoner and the only one who can save her dying wolf. Lyra survived the massacre that destroyed her pack. She survived poverty, starvation, and the rise to become Thornwood's only lunar healer. But when the Moon reveals her fated mate is Kael Vane-the King whose father ordered her family's slaughter-survival means making an impossible choice. She chooses to reject him. The rejection triggers the Withering, a death sentence for wolves who defy the bond. With six months to live, Lyra accepts Kael's desperate deal: become his prisoner while he searches for a cure that doesn't require their mating. But proximity only fans the flames between them. In the obsidian halls of his fortress, she discovers the monster everyone fears is actually a man desperate to be loved. He writes her letters he never sends. He removes his mask only for her. He burns dinner and carries her to bed and asks permission to touch her like she's sacred. And the longer she stays, the harder it is to remember why she wanted to leave. But the past isn't done with them. A conspiracy threatens the throne. An enemy lurks in the court. And the Queen Mother-the woman who murdered Kael's father and framed his legacy-will burn the world before she lets them find happiness. Lyra must decide: bind herself to the territory and survive as a hermit, losing touch and passion forever, or complete the bond with the man she's learning to love-and risk losing herself in the merging of two souls. The clock is ticking. The Withering is advancing. And the Obsidian King, who once terrified her, is now the only one she trusts to catch her when she falls.