Taken. Tortured. Threatened with a lifetime of torment. And still, I won't betray my own kind to the men who took me.I don't care if it means being thrown back into that dark cell. Starved, broken, taunted with visions of the hell that awaits. They won't steal my spirit.

I won't let them tame me. But even I can't fight an organization built on trafficking lives like mine. I need help. A way out. I find it in the storm-cloud eyes of the man chained beside me – the one they call Riot.

A man whose hands are stained with a decade of blood, his heart hardened by violence not of his making. But when he claims me as a prize for pleasing his master, dread coils tight. Have I misjudged him?

Betrayed my secrets to someone who won't save me?

Maybe he really is the beast they say he is. And then again, maybe not. He says he'll get me out of this nightmare. That there's a way to get back to the world I remember. Suspicion wars with hope, but what choice do I have? The true trial, however, lies in the shadows Riot cannot outrun. Because freedom comes at a cost. And I don't think that he's prepared to pay it. Not even for me.

“Alpha Chained” is the fifth story in The Shadow Wolves, a series of interlinked but standalone paranormal romance stories featuring bold, sassy heroines and the alpha wolf shifters who are strong enough to be their fated mates. HEAs are guaranteed. Note that this story is written for mature audiences.