The Claw's Penalty: She Survived to Rule Them All

"I want an annulment."

To escape my five-year hell of a marriage to Alpha Kaden, I agreed to the "Claw's Penalty"—thirty lashes.

That was preferable to watching my husband coddle his mistress, Brittaney, while I slowly died of neglect.

But Kaden wouldn't let me leave with dignity.

When Brittaney's gene-mod hound bit me, Kaden used his Alpha Command to force me into the gravel to apologize to the dog.

When Brittaney poisoned herself with wolfsbane to frame me, Kaden pistol-whipped me and let a torturer jam silver needles under my fingernails.