"You think you have what it takes to handle the likes of me, sweetheart?" he whispered, a sardonic smile plastered on his lips, "you don't."

—

Cold and cruel.

That's who the Alpha of the Creston Bay pack was known to be. Greyson Otaire ruled under a strict dictatorship, knowing that the protection of his pack would always come first. After he was forced to abandon his lands from the threat of the Rogue King, it was time to head back.

Only now, he would return to his lands with his mate, Natalia Hemmings, by his side.

Greyson had sworn off the idea of mates and rejected everything about it. After his troubled past, he knew that staying mateless was best for everyone. But now he had found her, marked her instantly, and was bound to her forever.

Try as he might to keep his distance and shield her from the demons of his past, their connection proved too powerful. Would his cold heart remain frozen, or would his mate's warmth finally melt his icy walls?