The Lycan Forbidden Mate by Morian Lovell

She was born to serve the city that enslaved her people.

He was built to protect the lie that kept her in chains.

Neither of them was supposed to survive what came next.

In the mountain fortress of Argentum, the law is simple: Lycans are slaves. Paladins are soldiers. The line between them is absolute.

Nineteen-year-old Lyra Ashenden has spent her life on the wrong side of that line, surviving the Grey Ward, protecting her younger brother, and refusing-against every odd-to break. Hope has never been a luxury she could afford.

Then a Paladin kills a guard to save her life.

Not because he has to.

Because he chooses to.

Commander Kael Breton is Argentum's youngest Paladin, a soldier forged by grief, guilt, and an unshakable devotion to duty. He has never questioned an order. Never broken the law. Never allowed himself to want anything the city forbids.

Until Lyra.

As revolution spreads through Argentum, Kael and Lyra are forced into an impossible alliance. The more time they spend together, the more they realize they are not enemies at all, but two souls trapped on opposite sides of a war neither of them chose.

Then the impossible happens.

The Mate Bond awakens.

A sacred bond that should never exist between a Paladin and a Lycan.

As buried secrets rise to the surface, Kael and Lyra discover that Argentum itself was built upon a terrible lie. The goddess its people worship is not what she claims to be, and the city's power has always come at a devastating cost.

Now the fate of an empire-and a two-thousand-year curse-rests on a love the world has declared impossible.

Because sometimes the only thing powerful enough to destroy a kingdom...

...is the choice to love the one person you were born to hate.

Perfect for readers who love dark paranormal romance, forbidden mates, slow-burn tension, fierce heroines, protective alpha heroes, breathtaking world-building, and epic, high-stakes romance.

Read now-and step into the revolution from the very first page.