I was only six when I first met the monster in my wood. Wolven were a beastly kind of dire wolf that walked on two legs. Larger and more ferocious than a wolf shifter, if even some tales about them were true, my fate was desperate. Only my monster was none of those things. He let me nestle upon his lap where he listened to my stories. Until one day, he disappeared, and I never saw him again. Many years passed, and war consumed our lands. Fleeing for my life after an attack on my village, my sweet monster rescued me... at least I thought he did. Then he told me the truth. "Foolish human," he says in a deep, rumbly voice. "I wasn't rescuing you. I was capturing you for myself." Publisher's Note: Captured by the Wolven is a standalone short story set in the Coveted Prey universe. Formerly published as part of the Into the Woods anthology, it features size difference and a naughty-talking monster determined to claim his fated mate!