Claimed By The Lycan King - A Fated Mates Shifter Romance #938973

I had twenty-eight days before the Lycan King would kill me. Twenty-seven, now.

When Thessaly Rain's mate bond snapped into place with King Kael Ashenfire in front of thousands, she didn't feel destiny—she felt the countdown to her execution. For three hundred years, every Lycan King has been cursed to sacrifice his fated mate or watch his kingdom fall. Twenty-three queens have died screaming on the Bloodright altar. Thessaly would be the twenty-fourth.

Unless she could break a curse that had destroyed everyone who'd tried before her.

But Thessaly isn't like the others. She's Thornborn—an outcast with no pack, no protection, and a deadly secret: she's the last Truthreader, able to see through three centuries of lies. The same ability that got her ancestors hunted to extinction. The same ability that might be the only thing powerful enough to shatter the spell binding the kingdom.

King Kael has spent eight years preparing to kill his fated mate. He watched the curse destroy his father. He performed the mercy killing himself. He swore he'd never love anyone, never hope for anything beyond duty and death. But Thessaly sees through his frozen exterior to the man drowning beneath the crown—and she refuses to die quietly.

Together, they have twenty-eight days to expose a conspiracy of blood magic, destroy a cursed crown, and defeat an immortal High Priestess who's been feeding on sacrificial deaths for three centuries. Twenty-eight days to choose between a kingdom's tradition and their own survival. Twenty-eight days to prove that love is stronger than any curse.
But breaking three hundred years of sacred law comes with a price. And someone will have to pay it.

Perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and The Shadows Between Us—a dark, high-stakes paranormal romance where breaking the curse might be easier than breaking the king.

TROPES: Fated Mates • Enemies to Lovers • Forced Proximity • Touch Her and Die • Curses & Prophecies • Alpha King Romance • Forbidden Love • Sacrifice & Redemption • Found Family • Happy Ending Guaranteed