Hostile Bond

Fate made them mates. Trust will have to hold them together.Sloane Mercer trusts evidence, not fate. So when her wolf recognizes Knox Wilder-Blackthorn's scarred enforcer and the last man an Ashfall intelligence specialist should want-she refuses to let instinct make the decision for her.Knox has spent years proving his loyalty to Blackthorn. Wanting Sloane puts that loyalty under scrutiny. Under the old pack laws, their bond demands that one of them leave their own pack and join the other.Neither is willing to surrender the life they built.A dead courier, forged records, and stolen credentials draw them into a conspiracy reaching straight into the Western Pack Concord. Someone is turning their bond into proof that neither pack can be trusted-and pushing two rival territories toward a conflict years in the making.Now even the bond between them is under threat.With false orders spreading and official channels compromised, Sloane and Knox must answer the one question fate cannot answer for them: can they trust each other if instinct falls silent?Hostile Bond is Book Three in the Ashfall Ridge Wolves series, a paranormal romantic suspense with fated mates, rival packs, dangerous attraction, and a hard-won happily ever after.