Claimed by My Fated Forbidden Alpha

He's my fated mate. He's also completely forbidden.

Aria Westbrook has dreamed of finding her mate since she turned eighteen. What she didn't expect? To find him in Damon Blackthorne—the powerful, brooding Alpha who treats her like she doesn't exist.

Every time they're in the same room, the mate bond burns between them. But Damon keeps his distance, acting cold and formal while Aria's heart breaks a little more each day. When she tries to reach out, he shuts her down. When she accepts another man's invitation to dinner, the pain in Damon's eyes tells a different story than his words.

Something is keeping them apart. And Aria is done playing games.

Damon has been fighting his wolf for months. Aria is everything he wants and everything he can't have. She's too young, too innocent, too perfect for his dangerous world. Claiming her would put a target on her back and give his enemies exactly what they need to destroy him.

But when rogues attack and Aria throws herself into battle to save his life, Damon realizes the truth: she's not the fragile girl he thought she was protecting. She's a warrior. And she's his.

Now an arranged marriage threatens to tear them apart forever.

Political schemes. Family betrayals. A marriage contract that could cost them everything.

Aria won't back down from a fight—especially when that fight is for the man she loves. But can she prove she's strong enough to stand beside an Alpha? And will Damon find the courage to claim his fated mate before it's too late?

Some bonds are worth fighting for. Some love is worth any risk.