Mated to the Warrior Beast
[COMPLETE] What life is left for a warrior when there is no more enemy to fight? ...He knelt before her in the posture of a soldier giving honor to their Queen. And she didn't even know it. “Harth," he rasped, "I come empty-handed. I bring no weapon. Because I swear to you, I will never choose to harm you. Never draw your blood—in anger, or in fear. I bring no shield. Because I vow I will never defend myself from your eyes, your hands, your mind. I am yours.” ***** After a year of peace in Anima, Tarkyn finds himself... lonely. As the Captain of the Queen's Guard and a lion-shifter, he has met every female in the tribes, but never found his mate. Certain he must have overlooked someone, Tarkyn undertakes a grueling ritual, pleading with the Creator to reveal her. But the ritual presses him to the end of even his formidable strength. Yet, the Creator heard his cry... Discovered on the brink of death by his mate, Harth, and nursed back to health, Tarkyn now faces the most difficult battle of his life. Because Harth isn’t just a stranger to the Anima, she is a weapon of the humans who tried to destroy them. Can the love of a warrior and his enemy bring peace to Anima? Or will they be torn apart forever by war between their peoples? ***** STANDALONE STORY: While Tarkyn's story is a part of the Anima world and fans will be reunited with some of their favorites as side-characters, Tarkyn and Harth are new POV characters and their story is a new plot arc, so their story can be enjoyed without reading the previous books! But please add Falling in Love with the King of Beasts, and Taming the Queen of Beasts to your library to enjoy later! Cover Art by artist: Aenaluck. Find more incredible art and support the artist on www.patreon.com/aenaluck
Worth Waiting For*
~ HARTH ~
Harth always wondered what it would be like to finally take her mate.
She kissed a male before, had felt desire clouded with uncertainty. She'd considered males when she was young, and as an adult faced the inevitability of a forced mating at the hands of the humans. But she'd been saved.
Never the female selected for the mating tests.
Yet, as the years had passed, her body abused by the humans for other experiments, she'd slowly begun to despair.
When Sasha had arrived in the human 'sanctuary' promising relief, promising freedom, she'd hardly dared hope.
And then that incredible day when the males had arrived to take them out, showed them to the Gateway and she'd arrived here.
And from the moment she'd stepped foot on Anima soil, her heart almost pulled from her chest, bearing her forward, driving her out, away.
To him, she now realized.