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[Enemies to Mates. He hates me but he can't kill me.] On the night of my sixteenth birthday, I transformed into the werewolf that had haunted my nightmares, right before the terrified eyes of my family. Driven from my home, I fled into the forest and stumbled into a brutal, bloody world of werewolves governed by savage laws. My new pack was slaughtered, and the Alpha who led the massacre turned out to be my fated mate. I killed the one he loved, yet because of this damned mate bond, he cannot kill me in return. Now, imprisoned deep in the woods by him, I see those same gray-blue eyes filled with murderous intent staring back at me through the window every night.