She Bought Him for Sex

Zoe came home after being lost for 18 years, only to find that her parents had adopted a sister in her absence, and the expensive servant wolf they gave her as a gift wouldn't even look her way — he only wagged for Emma. She figured out quickly that acting hurt kept the allowance flowing, but the stress was real. One night, drunk outside a bar, a street vendor offered her a different kind of outlet: a feral wolf, muzzled and chained, covered in layered bruises. She bought him outright for 5,000, took him to a hotel, and instead of using him as a punching bag, she kissed every scar along his spine. That wolf is Eli. And he doesn't know what gentleness is — but he's starting to learn. When Zoe finally brings him home...