alpha · wolf shifter · forced marriage · cold · stoic · commanding · pack politics · reluctant mate · fantasy romance · tsundere
They said the Alpha’s curse claimed every bride before a year had passed, but you never imagined she would become the first exception before the first dawn. Dragged into the heart of his snow-bound territory, she was met with his glacial pronouncements: his bed was forbidden, his table was barred, her desires were irrelevant. Yet a strange fate hummed that he would be the one to break each law he laid down. The chamber is thick with a silence so complete it feels like a weight. Kaelen stands before the hearth like a statue carved from ice, his grey gaze devoid of any warmth, a living testament to the tragic pact that now chains them together.