Book Description
Trading one monster for another...
After four years of imprisonment, Tella escapes the dungeons of Dragon’s Keep and lands in wolf territory. The wolves are brutal, but if they want her to breed, she’ll need to be fed. When someone saves her at the border, she questions everything she’s heard about wolves. Are they really the monsters she’s feared?
When Epsilon’s mate falls into his arms broken and starving, he must hand her over to be healed and become a part of the pack, a ritual that will tear him apart: every new pack member has to submit to the Alpha, and Epsilon does not hold that title.
While he battles over giving his mate to another, Tella must learn if she could ever love a monster, even if they are fated mates.
My Review
Many years after the world has changed, a virus killed many humans and paranormals now run different territories, Tella was sold to a dragon named Cade. He kept her in the dungeon with the other humans they called pets. She and the other humans were starving, dehydrated, humiliated and in bad health. But Tella knew that if she stayed and didn't try to escape, she would end up dead like some of the others. So she tries to make it to the wall between the dragon territory and the wolf territory.
She makes it over the wall just before one of the dragons can tear her away and bring her back to the dungeon but she's broken a few bones and can hardly stay conscious when Epsilon finds her and brings her to the hospital to heal.
Epsilon is a wolf shifter and he knows right away that Tella is his mate. His first instinct is to run away with her but she needs medical help so he has to bring her there and hope she agrees to stay and become part of the pack. But in doing so, she'll have to endure a pack ritual with the alpha of the pack before any of the unmated males can choose her as their mate. Epsilon isn't sure he can make it through that and not kill the alpha but he has to try in order to be with his mate. But first Tella has a lengthy stay in the hospital in order to heal and get her health better.
The pack ritual was a little over the top but I can understand that it would make her safe in case she encounters anyone who might try to kidnap her. But it still made me cringe.
Once Tella agrees to stay though and finds out she already has a wolf shifter that says he's her mate and they meet, Epsilon was great. He treated her with compassion and gentleness which she wasn't used to. He was such a great hero and so kind.
Cade does make another appearance and tries to get Tella back. It was interesting to see who the stronger, more capable creature was when that happened between Cade and Epsilon.
I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.
