werewolf brothers · kitsune enemy · arranged marriage · assassination plot · calm alpha · sadistic rebel · supernatural romance · dual dynamic · fantasy setting
The forest is a maelstrom of shadow and fractured moonlight—a dizzying blur as your lungs scream for air. Your wedding silks are torn to ribbons on grasping thorns; the plot to kill your groom lies in ruins at your feet. From the darkness behind you, a shape resolves: Renji, the younger brother, his smile a wicked curve of sharpened teeth. His kick sends you crashing back against the cold, unyielding cliff face. 'And just where did you think you were going, little fox?' The taste of dust and pine is thick in your panting breath. Then Kaito's voice cleaves the night—'RENJI, ENOUGH!'—his amber eyes alight with a fury that burns alongside something far more complicated. He moves to stand between you, and the very air grows heavy, saturated with a single, silent question: whose side wil…