**If I mate her, my enemy wins. If I donāt, I lose my mind.**
Emma
Community X is in trouble. We hold the Beast Fatherās son, Amoris, captive in our underground colony, yet it is we who are prisoners of his refusal to choose a mate. Until he chooses, the Beast Father will withhold fresh supplies from Above.
Hundreds of breeders have been offered, all rejected. My own imperfections have kept me out of the prospect pool. But my people are starving. Itās time I step up. I may not be perfect, but I could be his mate.
It wonāt be the first time Iāve disobeyed, but it could be my last.
Amoris
I know theyāre delivering breeders to my luxurious apartmentāexcuse me, cageāto entice me to choose a mate. What I donāt know is why.
You know what? The jokeās on them. My mate comes, unseen, to clean my quarters twice a week. I hungrily inhale her scent after sheās left. But tonight, sheās waiting for me in my bedroom, tempting me in all her red-headed, defiant, naked glory.
Great Mother Beast help me, I want to claim her. Free her. Avenge her. But she serves the man who enslaved me, and I donāt know what they want from the pair of us.
If I mate her, Tom wins.
If I donāt mate her, I lose my mind.