The mmc (Killian) is pack Alpha. He’s high on ego and rank. He thinks the mfc (Una) is beneath him. When she tries to claim him as her mate, he literally watches as she’s ripped to shreds by his GF, then makes her stand naked and rejected in front of their entire pack, then he has his Beta throw her out the backdoor with the garbage. Did I mention she was in heat and bleeding out at the time? We’re talking FULL SCALE PUBLIC HUMILIATION. So (in an act of self preservation) the mfc has a witch rip out their bond. yay! But guess what? Before the she can give her now ex-mate the one finger salute, or ask ‘how do you like them apples?’ or sprinkle cyanide on his brisket, her body starts to want him and her wolf starts to want him 🤮. He’s so powerful, he’s so ripped, his wolf is a sweetheart, she can’t stop watching his naughty bits. ffs. 🤮
Eventually lame little Una does TRY to make big dumb Kill work for it. But by that point I wasn’t sure what “it” was. Her mouth kept spittin’ complaints the rest of her had forgiven. She’d already nested in his den and surrendered to the man – body and soul. The mmc didn’t grovel, he grew up. Slowly. At his own pace. While being hurtful and obtuse the whole way. It was like watching the last Neanderthal go extinct.
The last 50 minutes took this book from 3 stars to 2. The mfc goes from irritating to a complete liability.