They saved the world. Now it might cost them everything.Three weeks after defeating Kaelen Bloodfang, Shadow is slipping away. The Night Wolf mark spreads across his skin like poison. He sleepwalks toward the mountain. And when he wakes, he doesn't remember what he did-or who he might have hurt.Beneath the mountain, Umbros is stirring. The Shadow God has been imprisoned since the dawn of time, but Shadow and Aala's True Merging cracked his prison. Now he's calling Shadow home, promising power and an end to the darkness Shadow has fought his entire life.And Shadow is running out of reasons to resist.When visions show them the apocalyptic future if they refuse, Aala makes a desperate decision: they're going into the mountain. Together, they'll face the First Balance-an entity older than gods-and attempt a merging deeper and more dangerous than anything in three thousand years.They'll become the celestial wolf again, or die trying.But the mountain demands trials that will force them to confront what they could become: saviors, destroyers, or something the world has never seen. Their bond will either save them both-or doom them to become the very darkness they're fighting.The prophecy isn't finished with them yet.THE BOUND is the second book in the Wolves of the Forsaken series-perfect for readers who love fated mates facing impossible choices, ancient powers waking, and love that refuses to surrender even when the world ends.
They saved the world. Now it might cost them everything.Three weeks after defeating Kaelen Bloodfang, Shadow is slipping away. The Night Wolf mark spreads across his skin like poison. He sleepwalks toward the mountain. And when he wakes, he doesn't remember what he did-or who he might have hurt.Beneath the mountain, Umbros is stirring. The Shadow God has been imprisoned since the dawn of time, but Shadow and Aala's True Merging cracked his prison. Now he's calling Shadow home, promising power and an end to the darkness Shadow has fought his entire life.And Shadow is running out of reasons to resist.When visions show them the apocalyptic future if they refuse, Aala makes a desperate decision: they're going into the mountain. Together, they'll face the First Balance-an entity older than gods-and attempt a merging deeper and more dangerous than anything in three thousand years.They'll become the celestial wolf again, or die trying.But the mountain demands trials that will force them to confront what they could become: saviors, destroyers, or something the world has never seen. Their bond will either save them both-or doom them to become the very darkness they're fighting.The prophecy isn't finished with them yet.THE BOUND is the second book in the Wolves of the Forsaken series-perfect for readers who love fated mates facing impossible choices, ancient powers waking, and love that refuses to surrender even when the world ends.
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