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Born in Thólos’s inescapable underground prison, raised in darkness and made into something unstoppable, I have conquered the city that created me. Violently. With skill, cunning, and absolutely no mercy. And then I saw her. I’m possessed by an urge to keep Claire O’Donnell locked away from the ugly world. To hold her innocence in the palm of my rough hand. To run my fingers through her hair. Capturing my stolen bride is easy. Teaching her to accept my obsession is complicated. Why does she refuse to submit? And why does that entice me all the more? Fortunately, I enjoy the chase.

My mate does not think I know how to love. But what can be more loving than saving Claire O'Donnell from a world that deserves to burn? To keep her warm, fed? To give her attention and my touch? I protect her from the city I torment; she dreams of escape. Thinks she can save Thólos from my wrath. But there is no undoing the pair-bond, no matter how she may resist it. I have proven that, haven't I? And my pretty mate must accept that she is mine. Just like she must accept the child in her womb. My child.

I’ve seen the way he looks at me. The Captain. The unquestioned leader of this ship. A ship I wish to be free of. A man I want to be as far away from as my legs might carry me. The society he’s designed, the rules, the endless battle of wills. Yes, I’ve seen the way he looks at me. I’ve felt his fingertips brush my skin. Heard his laugh. Experienced his smile. One that’s only for me, and only in secret. And I know what he wants.

He's a man with no conscience. A man hopelessly in love. Bastard-born gentleman Gregory Harrow has decided that the Baroness of Iliffe will be his and his alone. It matters not what the young widow is hiding from, who he must kill, or what lies he shall weave to have his way.

One claiming mark on her throat, another at her shoulder, Brenya Perin stands amidst the soft breeze above the glittering city ruled by her mate. And trembles. She'd tried to run from her fate. And failed. Punishment came in the mania of her mate's obsession, in the Commodore's constant need for her.

Locked safely away in Shepherd's nest, Claire is unaware of what stirs aboveground. Her time is occupied fighting a war of another kind. Due to her mate's relentless exploitation of their pair-bond, the nature of their link has grown consuming to the point that Claire has difficulty differentiating where her feelings begin and his end.

« Brutal et délicieux ! Les écrits d’Addison Cain m’épatent à chaque fois ! » Anna Zaires, auteure de best-sellers du New York Times Je suis possessif envers ma femelle, sans scrupules dans mon besoin de la voler à ceux qui oseraient la garder pour eux. Aucun guerrier ne peut égaler ma brutalité. Mais, pour elle, je serai doux comme un agneau. Je serai patient, je la couvrirai de cadeaux, je l’attirerai à moi. Elle a peur, alors je la réconforterai. Ma partenaire ne saura rien du monstre que je suis vraiment.

J’ai bien vu sa façon de me regarder. Le Capitaine. Le chef incontesté de ce paquebot. Un paquebot dont je veux être libérée. Un homme dont je veux m’éloigner autant que mes jambes peuvent me porter. La société qu’il a conçue, ses règles, l’éternel bras de fer…

Le Commodore l’a volée au vu et au su de tous – la première femelle Oméga découverte au Dôme Bernard depuis des générations. Il l’a prise avec violence sans que personne intervienne. Il l’a brisée tout en jurant qu’il recollerait les morceaux.

Une marque de revendication sur la gorge, une autre sur l’épaule, Brenya Perin se tient dans la douce brise qui souffle sur la ville étincelante que dirige son partenaire. Et elle tremble.

Shepherd a pris Claire contre son gré. Il a marqué l’Oméga malgré elle et lié leurs âmes pour l’éternité. Il a conquis sa ville et brisé son peuple. Mais il n’avait ni anticipé tomber amoureux ni imaginé que sa merveilleuse partenaire en viendrait à le mépriser au point de risquer sa vie pour s’échapper.

Shepherd a ravagé Claire et conquis sa ville, et refuse de laisser l’une ou l’autre lui glisser entre les doigts. Il dépouille Claire de son innocence et de son avenir en marquant de force la rare et récalcitrante Oméga. Violent, calculateur et impénitent, il exige l’adoration de sa nouvelle partenaire. Son affection. Son corps.

Et ce avant que son désir ne le rende fou. Que sa partenaire soit en sécurité dans son nid ne suffit pas. La voir lentement succomber à ses instincts ne suffit pas. Il veut son cœur et son âme. Il en a besoin… avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.