Fate didn't make me his. Instinct did. It wasn't his mafia birthright that made Dax Dupree a monster. Years behind bars and a brutal war with a rival organization made him hard as steel, but the beast he can barely control was always there, and without a mate to mark and claim it would soon take hold of him completely. I didn't know that when he showed up at my bar after closing and spanked me until I was wet and shamefully ready for him to mount and ravage me, or even when I woke the next morning with my throat sore from screaming and his seed still drying on my thighs. But I know it now. Because I'm his mate. Publisher's Note: Savage Brute is a stand-alone novel which is the second entry in the Alpha Dynasty series. It includes spankings and rough, intense sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book