Maria Vale and the Cursed Alpha's Contract

He offered me a contract and was supposed to own my loyalty and not my soul.

I’m the daughter of a traitor. A half-blood hybrid the Alpha Council would execute without hesitation if they knew the truth. I fix engines in a dying garage, count every dollar for my brother’s survival, and survive in the shadows where powerful wolves don’t bother to look.

Until he does. Xander Kale! The cursed Alpha.
Billionaire, council member and predator in a tailored suit.
He walks into my garage with a ten-thousand-dollar envelope and a deal I can’t refuse.

One weekend as his fake mate, one summit standing at his side, and one performance to silence his enemies.

They say it’s only politics.
They say it’s only temporary.
They say I’ll walk away richer and untouched.

They don’t know what happened when he touched me.

They don’t know the bond that snapped into place under a room full of watching alphas.
They don’t know the mark on my neck wasn’t part of the plan.
They don’t know he was sent to find me long before he offered me that contract.

He was supposed to expose me and watch me die, but instead, he marked me in front of the entire council.

Now they call me illegal, abomination, evolution, prophecy.

The same wolves who once ignored me now want my head.
The same Alpha who hunted me now stands between me and execution.

But Xander is cursed for a reason.

They say his heart is carved from ice.
They say no mate could ever soften him.
They say loving him means surrendering everything.

He bought me with a contract.
He marked me by accident.
He chose me against the law.

And when the council demands a final sacrifice, he makes a choice that will either save our world…

…or burn it down for good.

Will the cursed Alpha keep his throne?
Or will he choose the hybrid he was never meant to love?

In a world ruled by blood and dominance, some mates aren’t fated.

They’re chosen!