The Dual Claim
READING AGE 16+
Soraya has survived worse than being orphaned — but nothing prepares her for being rejected during the Luna’s Calling by the one wolf destined to love her.
Lucien didn’t just choose someone prettier.
He chose someone with a pedigree.
A perfect Luna with a name and lineage… unlike Soraya, whose origins no one could trace.
Dragged back after trying to flee, Soraya is blamed for a murder she didn’t commit.
The ritual meant to sever the bond instead shatters her wolf — and nearly kills her too.
Barely alive, she escapes into the mountains… and straight into the arms of a rival Alpha whose touch sparks a second bond she should be incapable of forming.
A bond that feels stronger than fate.
Because Soraya is more than abandoned — she’s Luna-kissed, and the future of the shifter world responds to her heartbeat.
But what happens when Lucien discovers she’s alive…
and carrying the heir he never knew existed?
Unfold
The girl ahead of me whispered a prayer into her fist and stumbled into motion. She was all nerves and pearls, nearly tripping on the third step before catching herself.
He touched her wrist. Waited. Shook his head.
She made it all the way back to her mother before she cried.
“Next.”
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