Werewolf Academy: Craving The Forbidden Alpha

Maya Whitefang arrives at Blackwood Academy with her brother Rowan, alpha of the Whitefang pack. Rowan's rules are simple: avoid the wolves in red, the Blackthorn pack, and stick with the blue wolves loyal to them. Damien Blackthorne, the Blackthorn alpha heir, spots her immediately. He wants to see how angry Rowan gets if he makes a move on the new Whitefang girl.

Damien touches Maya. Rowan is ready to kill him. Maya tells them to stop. Then a blast of power rips through the courtyard. The crowd goes silent. Damien recognizes the scent and power. Maya doesn't understand why everyone is staring. The contact has awakened something between them—mate marks, though neither says the word yet.

Before Maya can process it, Bianca, Damien's ex, corners her with two other wolves. They pin her down and try to cut her out of her blazer. Damien shows up, throws them off, and threatens to rip out the throat of anyone who touches her again. Then he kisses her and calls it kissing the enemy.

Rowan finds them together and attacks Damien. Maya stops the fight, and Rowan leaves with her. Later, Bianca won't back down. Damien stands between her and Maya, then his curse tears through him. Maya learns the truth: if Damien doesn't find his fated mate, he will lose control completely. But when she steps toward him, his wolf quiets. No one has ever made his wolf listen—not Bianca, not his pack. Only her.

Damien pushes her to choose: kiss him or war. Maya chooses war—and white fangs don't lose. But she doesn't pull away. When Damien's power spirals out of control again, Maya follows him instead of staying with Rowan. In her mind, she thinks, "I'm tired of being your good girl."

The mate marks are already lit. Now Maya must decide between the clan she was raised in and the alpha whose wolf only settles near her.