Sold to the Alpha Who Swore to Kill Me

"Princess Wren, eldest daughter of the Iron Marsh Wolf Clan, was regarded by her biological father, Alpha King Vorak, as nothing more than a defective tool. From the age of six, she was locked away in the North Tower, starving and freezing, enduring twelve bitter years. To end the war between their two realms, her father offered her as a bargaining chip in a peace betrothal — she was married off to Kaelen, Wolf King of Black Thorn, the very man who had sworn to kill her. At their wedding, the two of them forged a Golden Moon Mother Bondmark, a bond unseen in three hundred years. Yet Kaelen, burning with vengeance for his slain younger brother, publicly humiliated and shunned Wren. In Black Thorn, Wren endured torment from Celine, Kaelen's former lover, and from the servants. Kaelen exiled her to a remote cottage on the edge of the territory. For three years she sustained herself, learning to farm and live off the land on her own. Then, deep in the forest, she found Kaelen gravely wounded after an assassination attempt. As assassins closed in for the kill, Wren stepped forward and took a fatal silver crossbow bolt meant for him — and the wolf spirit that had slumbering within her for years finally awakened. The devastating truth came to light: from birth, Wren had been seeded with a vessel curse by her own father. When the Blood Moon rose, the curse would seize through the Bondmark, devour Kaelen, and destroy the entire Black Thorn clan. The treasonous plot of Duke Vale and his daughter, colluding with Iron Marsh, was also exposed. Only seventeen days remained until the Blood Moon. Ancient texts declared that only Wren's voluntary death could lift the curse. Kaelen flatly refused to sacrifice the woman he loved. On the night of the Blood Moon, Wren went alone to the ancient sacred ground, prepared to offer herself as sacrifice. Kaelen arrived just in time — and he finally comprehended the true power of the golden Bondmark. The two of them chose to bear the curse together, splitting its power between them in a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble. The curse was divided between them, and both returned from death. The traitors were brought to justice. Wren, measuring mercy and vengeance with clear eyes, chose to spare Celine. She did not conquer by force of arms — she dismantled Iron Marsh's reign with irrefutable evidence, and was crowned Queen of Black Thorn. Together with Kaelen and their daughter, she finally began a life of peace and happiness."