The Alpha Who Couldn't Claim - A Paranormal Wolf Shifter Romance of a Rejected Fated Mate and a Forbidden Bond
Patricia Wills
Editorial: BookRix
Sinopsis
What if the mate bond exists—but the Alpha is biologically incapable of claiming her without killing her?In the Ironcliff Pack, strength is measured by how violently an Alpha can claim his mate under the full moon.Unfortunately for me, my wolf is broken.A failed claiming ritual years ago left my wolf unstable—too dominant, too volatile. Any physical bond triggers lethal surges of power. The council’s solution was simple: I would rule without a mate, or be replaced.Then Elowen Hale crossed into our territory during a storm, half-dead, carrying forbidden silver relics she didn’t understand. The moment my blood reacted to hers, the moon confirmed the impossible.She was my mate.Touching her burned.Holding her nearly killed her.To protect her, I declared her unclaimable—a political sentence worse than rejection. She was forced to live inside the pack walls as a “neutral,” desired by others but forbidden to me.Every growl from my wolf demanded possession.Every law demanded restraint.When rival packs learned an Alpha had a living mate he could not claim, they moved in. Kidnappings. Trials. Challenges for leadership.Elowen refuses to remain a weakness.As she uncovers the truth behind my failed ritual, we discover the pack elders sabotaged it years ago—to control the throne.Now I must choose:Remain a safe Alpha without love…or risk killing my mate to expose the truth and break the cycle.Because if I don’t claim her willingly,the moon will force the bond violently.And next time, she may not survive it.
