Taka The taker in the old tongue, a king in his own dark place. He’s spent his life ruling his people peacefully, but now it’s all at stake. Earthquakes have destroyed his land, and now he must seek shelter for his people in a frozen desert with his brother. When an old enemy resurfaces, Taka does what he must, and fights to save his people. All he wants is her, though. He wants to live up to his name and take her to be his own. If he can make her see that she is his mate and there’s no running from the soul-mating. Aska Hard as stone, a lone wolf, and her father’s prodigy. When her father attacks the dragon shifters, she’s taken captive, but she will do whatever it takes to escape. Even if it means playing mate to the dragon that she can’t stop thinking about, despite herself. She’s lived a life of battle and pain, she’s not made for love or family. She has to stick to the plan, her father’s plan to make the fairies pay for making him an outcast as she aids in his fight to take over the world. All of the worlds. Even if it kills them both.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / ParanormalTaka peaked at #2827 overall, with very little marketing. The rank has since dropped with the release of a box set, but had consistent sales until then.
Chapter One-Taka
I stood at the flap to my tent, staring out at the cold dark night. This is what I’d reduced my people to. A frozen desert. A death sentence if we had to stay here for too long, but if we built dwellings we’d survive. Endre wanted his peace back, though he’d never say it. Why has our home been destroyed? Why has the earth cast us out? Hasn’t she done enough to us over the centuries?
Angrily I stalked away from the tent, more than the fate of my people on my mind. Aska, the whelp of the biggest threat to our world there was, took up a large portion of my thoughts. I hated her on sight, she was my enemy, but my soul said differently. Mate, it screamed at me, she is your mate.
She was in chains in a building where she and a few of her compatriots were being held. There was a fire so they would not freeze to death, but they did have guards, so they could not escape. I went to the building, taking the guard a hot drink to keep him awake.
“Have they caused trouble?” I asked as he took the cup, and thanked me.
“Not a peep. They know what’s good for them.” The man was a bear shifter, totally able to handle the three wolf shifters in the building by himself, if necessary.
“Good.” I caught the source of my restlessness staring at me, hate in her gray eyes. She’d had that same feral gleam in her eye when she attacked us with her father not long ago. A battle in which she bit one of my brothers. She looked so much like Wruin’s sweet Abigail, but her eyes were cold and empty, where Abigail’s, her sisters were full of life and laughter. “She’s dangerous. Keep an eye on her.”
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Translated by Tania Sarnà
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Translated by Maite Barrancas
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Author review: It took me a while to get to publishing the final manuscript, sorry about that, but overall, it's a great experience to work with Maria. Thanks so much! |
