by Lexi C. Foss
First published 2020
Katriana Cardona has spent twenty years killing the walking dead. She knows how to fight, how to endure, how to stay alive. Then the X-Clan finds her. They bite her, turn her, and their leader, Ander Cain, declares her his mate. Her genetic markers say omega. Every instinct she carries says alpha. She refuses to kneel to anyone, including the man who rules Andorra Sector. Ander sees something different. He sees the woman his territory needs, a force capable of giving his pack a future worth defending. He intends to keep her, with or without her consent, and he plans to enjoy every step of bringing her to heel. Katriana is not interested in pack law, submission, or Ander's promises of pleasure. She has survived things these wolves have never faced. She will fight him at every turn. But Ander is patient, powerful, and certain the outcome is already decided. This standalone shifter romance sits at the intersection of omegaverse dynamics and dystopian survival, and it carries dark content that warrants checking the warning note inside the book before reading.
Genres: fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, fantasy-romance, dark-romance, paranormal-romance
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, steamy, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fated-mates, forced-proximity, power-dynamics, slow-burn
Setting: Andorra Sector
270 pages · Paperback · Ninja Newt Publishing, LLC
Content warnings: abuse, graphic-violence, sexual-content