The Ashborn Bride (The Blackmor Paranormal Shorts Book 1)

Mira has lived her entire life beneath the shadow of a covenant she never chose. For generations, the people of South Blackmor have sent their daughters across the border as brides to the wolf shifters who rule the northern forests. Once taken, the brides are never seen again. The price of peace, the elders say. Mira no longer believes peace built on sacrifice is worth keeping. When the wolves demand another bride, she does not wait to be chosen. She volunteers. Not for honor. Not for sacrifice. But to cross into North Blackmor and destroy the covenant that has stolen countless women before her—even if it means killing the Wolf Lord himself. But the deeper Mira walks into North Blackmor, the more the truth begins to fracture the story she was raised to believe. The ritual meant to claim her does something far more dangerous, tightening the space between vengeance and something she never intended to feel. And some secrets, once uncovered, cannot be buried again.