by Everly Frost
“I’m saying that Tristan Masters is bonded to me. I am his true mate. Even though he can never be mine.” Tears burn in my eyes because even if my human heart loves Tristan, I will never feel what his wolf feels.
Tristan flinches, and then he becomes still, frozen as stone. His shoulders are hunched but it only serves to make him look more dangerous. He is the most powerful shifter I’ve ever met who is willing to give up everything for the safety of his pack but can’t tell me what I mean to him.
I’m surrounded by enemies and my only ally is determined to end himself. But I won’t let that happen.
The watching guards are a threatening force. Ford Vanguard and his mercenaries are waiting in the shadows. Cody is pacing back and forth, and Tristan…
He snarls up at me. “You were meant to be my end, Tessa.” His fists unfurl to reveal that his claws have raked across his palms and bloodied them. “You were meant to kill me and take control of my pack.”
Our territory, he’d said. I remember the anger in his voice when he told Helen that he didn’t have any heirs, no alpha-in-training, that I was the last hope for his pack. I never imagined he envisaged that I would lead them.
A tear slips down my cheek before I can stop it.
Tristan watches its path. His voice becomes a rasp. “You were meant to be their future, not mine.”
Baxter is suddenly gleaming as he observes Tristan’s reaction and the confirmation of my claim that Tristan has bonded with me.
I swipe the tear from my cheek. “Taking me away from Tristan will destroy him,” I say to Baxter, my heart pounding in my chest. “Keep me here away from Tristan. In return, I ask that you leave him and his pack in peace. You will stop sending shifters across the bridges. You will let Tristan’s pack deal with their alpha as they see fit.”
A victorious smile grows on Baxter’s face. I’m offering him the chance to rip Tristan’s true mate away from him.
It’s the truest revenge he could take.
It will hurt Tristan. Maybe tear him down.
But it will give me the time I need to find a way to keep Tristan from his father’s fate.
“I accept your offer.” Baxter drives the dagger into the nearest tabletop. “But you won’t stay here.”
What? My instincts reach screaming point when Baxter grabs my arm, his hand clawing around my bicep, scratching me as he yanks me away from Tristan.
Tristan jumps to his feet with a vicious snarl. He kept his rage in check when Cody patted me down, even when I flirted with his enemy, but his power rises now, telling me that he won’t let Baxter take me away without a fight.
Sobs threaten to leave my lips. Tristan wouldn’t fight for his own life, but he will fight for mine. I want to scream at him, hate him, loathe him, but I can’t because I understand him. I understand his fear and his motives.
Baxter’s descending incisors flash at me as he hauls me through the opening between the fallen tables and around the side of the room. He shouts at the guards, “Shoot Tristan dead if he tries to stop me. Wound Cody if he tries the same!”
Both Tristan and Cody growl behind me, snarling like caged beasts as Baxter drags me toward the door.
Baxter said he wouldn’t let me stay here, so I assume he’s going to throw me in a vehicle and take me somewhere else.
My heart jolts when he drags me toward Ford Vanguard, who peels himself off the wall, an expectant gleam in his eyes. Beside him, the ice jotunn glowers at me while a slow grin grows on the warlock’s face.
There’s a crash and Cody shouts from behind me. “Dad! No! You can’t give her to that butcher!”
Two gunshots make me spin, my heart in my throat, but they were warning shots. One was at Cody’s feet—I can see the chip in the marble—and the other at Tristan. A bullet hole smokes in the table that he vaulted.
Tristan halts only a few paces away from me. He’s partially shifted, his teeth sharp and his claws descended, snarling at the guns pointed at him. His face is cut and bruised, his chest dripping with blood, and all of his rage washes over me, a final lifting of his walls.
I will fight my way to you.
“It has to be this way, Tessa.” Baxter growls at me as he wrenches me forward so fast that I stumble. “You won’t suffer if you stay here. My son would treat you too well.”
With a final push, Baxter shoves me at Ford. “She’s all yours.”
I smack into Ford’s chest. He catches me, his overly warm hands closing around my arms, strands of his not-quite brown hair falling across his not-quite hazel eyes.
He leans back to take in my torn dress, the welts across my chest, and the drip of blood slipping down my stomach and thighs. Reaching up to tug on my ruby red hair, he winds the strands around his fingers as dread rises inside me, a fear so deep that I fight my wolf’s energy, fight to remain in control.
A pleased smile grows on Ford’s face as he peers at me and, for a brief moment, his eyes settle on a single color.
Not hazel. Not brown.
Crimson red.
I’m frozen as he bends his head toward me and whispers into my ear. “You’re mine now, little one.”
Continue Tessa and Tristan’s story in This Broken Wolf.
Then complete the series with This Caged Wolf.
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This Broken Wolf: Soul Bitten Shifter #2
An urban fantasy romance.
This Broken Wolf.
I am a wolf shifter cast into the hands of fate.
Captive. Wrecked. Undone by a bond I never expected.
Another wolf has me now, and I am his to ruin.
Tristan Masters, the ruthless alpha whose destiny threatens to destroy him, has sworn to come for me.
But if he does, he will put the lives of his entire pack at risk.
I am the spark that could ignite Tristan's fury, but I'm strong enough to resist.
I will fight the pull of darkness that I sense growing inside me, my true nature that I'm only beginning to understand.
I will bite and tear and claw my way out of this.
This dark wolf will not break.
This is a full length dark urban fantasy romance, the second in the Soul Bitten Shifter series.
**Recommended reading age is 17+ due to sex scenes, mature themes, and language.
Get your copy of This Broken Wolf.
Then complete the series with This Caged Wolf.
Assassin’s Academy: Rebels
A dark academy romance.
Assassin’s Academy: Book One: Rebels
Rebel or die.
My choices are simple. I've been sent to Bloodwing Academy because I'm one of the magically repressed. I should have magical powers, but I don't. Not yet. One day I'll wake up and my powers will be out of my control. I'll be a threat to everyone around me, but that doesn't mean they should lock me up.
Especially with the dangerously fierce and irresistibly gorgeous, Striker Draven. As heir to the Draven fortune, he thinks he can have whatever he wants. He wants to pull me apart, rip out my power, and take my heart with it.
That's if I don't rip his out first.
My name is Peyton Price. My freedom is going to come at a cost. Body and mind, I have to decide if I'm willing to pay it.
This is a full length 100,000 word dark academy romance, the first in the Assassin’s Academy series.
A complete two-book series.
**Recommended reading age is 17+ due to language an
d heat level.
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Bright Wicked: A fantasy romance
Bright Wicked (A fantasy romance)
One forbidden touch.
Two champions sworn to destroy each other.
Three days to break the spell … or die.
When Aura Lucidia becomes the fae Queen’s Champion, her only goal is to destroy the dark Fell who killed her parents and stole her memories.
Giving up everything to be the strongest and most feared is a small price to pay to protect her people from the Fell who live in darkness beyond Bright’s borders.
But when a Fell more powerful than any she’s ever met challenges her, she isn’t prepared for his fierce strength and skill.
Or the dangerous desire in his eyes when he looks at her.
With a single forbidden touch, Aura’s beliefs begin to unravel.
When one mistake invokes an ancient and unbreakable law, her fate is tied to his. Now, she has three days before she must fight him to the death.
But how can she kill the only man she’s destined to love?
Aura has three days left to live. The first day has begun.
Bright Wicked is a full length, 73,000 word fae fantasy romance, the first in the Bright Wicked series, a trilogy told over three consecutive days. A fast-paced tale of forbidden love, sworn enemies, and wicked beauty.
Recommended reading age is 16+ for heat level.
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SOUL BITTEN SHIFTER
(Dark Urban Fantasy Romance)
1. This Dark Wolf
2. This Broken Wolf
3. This Caged Wolf
BRIGHT WICKED - COMPLETE
(A Fantasy Romance)
1. Bright Wicked
2. Radiant Fierce
3. Infernal Dark
STORM PRINCESS - COMPLETE
(Fantasy Romance)
Storm Princess Complete Set: Books 1 to 3 (with bonus scenes and a life after story)
1. The Princess Must Die
2. The Princess Must Strike
3. The Princess Must Reign
ASSASSIN’S MAGIC WORLD - COMPLETE
(Urban Fantasy Romance)
Recommended Reading Order:
Assassin’s Magic
1. Assassin’s Magic
2. Assassin’s Mask
3. Assassin’s Menace
4. Assassin’s Maze
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5. Rebels
6. Revenge
MORTALITY - COMPLETE
(Science-Fantasy Romance)
Mortality Complete Set: Books 1 to 4
1. Beyond the Ever Reach
2. Beneath the Guarding Stars
3. By the Icy Wild
4. Before the Raging Lion
Stand-alone fiction
The Crystal Prince (short story)
About the Author
Everly Frost is the USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author of YA and New Adult urban fantasy and science-fiction romance novels. She spent her childhood dreaming of other worlds and scribbling stories on the leftover blank pages at the back of school notebooks. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and two children.
