**He's been hunting me for months. I just signed a contract to be his wife.**When my father arranges my marriage to secure a crucial alliance, I have no idea my cold, aristocratic alpha wolf fiancé has been tracking me—or that we're fated mates he's desperate to hide. Major Asher Thornton thinks I'll be the perfect political orphaned young, raised in a wolf pack but fully human, desperate enough for protection to sign his contract. He doesn't expect me to negotiate for a one-year trial, separate bedrooms, and an escape clause. He definitely doesn't expect me to demand he teach me to fight. Every lesson becomes a battleground of a different fighting against the fate and passion that ignite with every forbidden touch. He sees a fragile human who'll never accept the beast beneath his skin. I see an arrogant man with deeply buried secrets that haunt him. But the more I see beneath his gentleman's facade, to the beast he keeps ruthlessly controlled, the more I want him to teach me what being mated to an alpha wolf is really about. He thinks I'll run when I learn the truth about mates. He has no idea I've already fallen for the wolf. Tropes You'll Arranged Marriage Fated Mates Virgin Heroine Touch Her & Die Alpha Energy Found Family & Pack Loyalty Political Intrigue & Uneasy Alliances Enemies to Lovers One-click now for this addictive steamy paranormal romance with explicit scenes, knotting, and a protective alpha who'll burn the world for his mate.