**Synopsis:**
Lila Cross has always been the outcast. As the daughter of the weakest pack in the region, she's spent her life overlooked and undervalued. With her 18th birthday fast approaching, Lila knows she's supposed to find her mate, but with no one willing to even glance at her, that seems impossible. Worse, her wolf has a stubborn, untamable nature that refuses to be ignored or controlled-something the more dominant wolves of her pack find incredibly frustrating.
When Lila is sent to Wolfsbane Academy, a prestigious school for young werewolves, she hopes for a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a world of ruthless competition and simmering tension. The most dangerous student at Wolfsbane is Kaden Black, a vicious, arrogant heir to an alpha bloodline who seems determined to make Lila's life miserable. With his piercing gaze and wolf's dominant personality, Kaden sees her as nothing more than an easy target.
But Lila's wolf isn't backing down, and neither is she. As Kaden's teasing turns to something more dangerous, the line between hate and attraction blurs, and Lila begins to wonder if the mate bond she's been waiting for might not come in the form she expected. With every challenge at the academy, Lila's strength and determination are tested, and she discovers that sometimes, the fiercest love is born from the most unlikely places.
In a world where power is everything, can Lila survive Kaden's games, uncover the secrets of her past, and finally claim the power within her, or will she be broken by the one person she never saw coming?
Best ratings: #1 in #ya, #sexscenes and #mates, #4 in #romance
- - - - - PLOT:
LILA KING is somewhat notorious in her old wolfpack - as a child she led a rebel crew of delinquents who caused havoc in the reserve and fought vampires. She was one of the best fighters in the pack, but following her best friend's death at 18 she left the pack to live with humans.
For her 25th birthday, she finally returns, but only to introduce her werewolf family to a human fiance.
What no one expects, though, is that at the party her family throws...she will encounter her destined mate.
He is no other than DARIUS CARTER - the new alpha of the biggest wolf-pack in the region, holding a bad rep for killing the former alpha to assume his righteous position.
But there is much more to him than just a pretty face and a fabulous six-pack...
Can Lila fight destiny? Does she even want to? And why are those vampires starting to appear again with her return?
---EXCERPT:
I hear people saying my name through the muffled sounds of my heartbeat banging in my ears. Then suddenly everyone in the room disappears and there are no voices. The only sound is that of his footsteps and the only scent is the most beautiful, sensual, masculine smell I have ever felt.
Darius approaches me slowly at two feet away but doesn't stop. As everything seems slow-motioned, I try to step back to avoid a collision, but my feet won't listen. Instead, I take a step forward and we meet at only an inch apart.
He looks at me so intensely, so passionately, that I feel devoured.
Then he speaks.
"Hello, mate."
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previous name: *ALPHA CARTER*