I got pregnant by the billionaire Alpha King. Then he rejected me in front of his entire court. Now he’s back- and he wants us both.
I was just his assistant when the mate bond hit. One night in his office ruined me. But the next morning, Ryker Blackwater, ruthless Alpha King and my boss, looked me in the eye and
“You’re not queen material. I reject you.”
He didn’t know I was already carrying his heir.
Now I’m hiding while his child grows inside me, using every trick my terrorist uncle taught me to stay invisible. But Ryker has found us- and this time, he’s not letting go.
He says he wants to protect me. He says he wants our baby. He says I still belong to him.
Lies.
I’ll play along. I’ll let him think he’s in control. I’ll use his power, his obsession—whatever it takes to protect my child from the coming war… and from him.
He thinks I’m weak. He thinks I’m his. But if he ever wants us again, he’ll have to beg on his knees for it.
This was a great read – not my favorite by KA Iris, but a good one nonetheless. Ryker is the Alpha King. He has established a strong, progressive kingdom, using the human technology and building an empire. Nora is hired as his assistant. She is his fated mate. She was told by a witch that she would be the kings mate and queen, and applied for the assistant position to meet the king, but despite her enthusiasm, she wanted to get to know him and her responsibilities as his mate and future queen. But she was unknowingly manipulated by her so called uncle who has ulterior motives and a past with Ryker. When Ryker finds out, he rejects her in the most brutal way – a dead he regrets immediately. His effort to find and make her forgive him as well as finding Grey and protect himself, Nora, his people – and the rest of the wolf shifters – creates a rollercoaster of a story that I thoroughly enjoyed. Heartbreaking as well as jaw-dropping secrets are revealed along the way. All in all, a great book. 4 stars.
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The characters had me hate and love them at the same time. The story had some intense moments and some was hard to read but all in all it was a good story.
It was an interesting idea. Basically Nora was told by a witch when she was young that she was the mate of the king. So she applies for a job as his assistant (I hate the boss/secretary trope). He's in his 40s. Don't like that trope either! Of course, her uncle is using her to get to the king and when it all hits the fan, H humiliates her in front of like his entire kingdom. She runs. Of course, she's preggers. He did track her down and then they go into hiding. See, h's "uncle" is actually this mad scientist who tortured H for years because he had the berserker gene. Which (spoilers) doesn't actually exist. I did love the concept of a "kingdom" where alphas who didn't want to/couldn't be alpha leaders went to live. I liked the twists. Just wish some of those twists were the tropes. Might read again.