The day the dark stranger came was the day Wren Striker’s pack was destroyed.All his life, Wren has known only his clan. His place. His service to his lord. Young, vulnerable, sheltered within one of the last fortresses held by wolves in a ruined, drowning world, Wren was raised to know only one thing:As an omega, he was born to be his alpha’s mate.But when the alpha of his pack challenges a … his pack challenges a stranger trespassing on their lands, a devastating loss to the mysterious, soft-spoken brute of a wolf leaves their pack shattered and without a leader. Yet when the dark stranger demands not dominance, but Wren himself as his price and his prize, Wren finds himself torn from the wolf-eat-wolf world he’s always known to become one half of a pack of two with no home but the wandering road and open sky.
The strange man known as Ero Wake claims he isn’t an alpha. Isn’t a leader. Isn’t anything but a lone wolf finding a way to survive in a broken world, where dryads and werewolves war for space with humans and halflings; where blood frenzies turn man into beast and beast into monster; where the Echo’s subliminal whispers seek out the unwary and lure them north, to a centuries-old Disc waiting with its eldritch songs that broke the world. But Ero knows more than he lets on, secrets as old as the end of the Earth, and something about the strength beneath his silence calls to every primal thing buried inside Wren.
It’s animal. It’s instinctive. It’s a need deeper than blood, a craving to belong to Ero and Ero alone. Every day with the much older wolf stokes the mating heat in Wren’s blood higher—yet for Ero, the risk of mating with Wren is too dangerous. Too frightening, when losing control of himself could unleash a beast more feral than any the world has ever seen. Half broken, touched by the Echo, Ero isn’t like any wolf Wren has ever met.
But if Ero isn’t careful…he’ll find himself tamed and bending to Wren’s delicate touch, both his heart and his wildness bound up in steel.
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He knew his place in the pack and being a omega to his alpha but it all changes when a stranger arrives when a stranger appears. A this given but the alpha loses and now the stranger takes him. Why does he want him? Who is the stranger? What is going to happen? See how they get on
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This was a great book to read. These characters come to life when you read them. I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoy reading shifter books and this one was a little different but also good.
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absolutely loved Wren and Ero
~Belonging to Ero~
I was delighted to read this richly detailed story, delivering characters struggling to carve out a living in a dismal dystopian world which reduced rare Omegas to being used, abused, owned…if they survived. Ero brought much maturity, wisdom, experience, and most importantly true appreciation for the fragile and pampered Omega named Wren he had acquired on a whim. But this devastated and lonely Alpha knew deep down exactly what he had needed, he just needed to forgive himself first.
The elements I enjoy in an Omegaverse world are beautifully told and represented here, along with the MPREG varietal which I intend to read more of in the future, along with this author’s!
Love this world. The characters, the rawness of everything, all so well written that you are drawn into it and become invested in the outcome. Give me more!!
Ero was just traveling around the world. He happens to pass through Neg Keep. The alpha challenged him. He won the fight and took food, water, solar cells and Wren when he left. Wren was the alpha’s mate and was now Ero’s. They had a journey and in the end discovered they were each others mate.
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I was not prepared for the pure awesomeness of this book. It is gritty and smart and the world building is top notch. I kept reading and learning and oh my gosh, recognizing places and things in a holy sh!t kind of way.
Make no mistake, this is a dark romance and there are some dark, uncomfortable moments. They are integral to the plot and are part of this gritty world. And, they are hopeful. Weird, right?
Ero is an alpha and wanders into territory controlled by Wren’s pack. Their first meeting is tense and Ero shows he is a complex, compassionate, strong being. Wren leaves with him on a physical journey to the south and a metaphorical journey of self awareness and love.
I was skillfully drawn into this compelling world by the author, much like Wren. And like Wren, I learned to love and fear it. And think about that for a minute. The level of skill it takes to do that is off the chain! This is awesome and I look forward to future installments in this universe.
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4.5 rounded up
This is a different take on a shifter world. It is a post apocalyptic world, with great world building. The writing is done well, and the characters are well developed.
This is a story about an alpha without a pack who happens to stumble upon a backward and brutal pack during his travels. The alpha challenges him out of cruelty and is humiliated. The stranger asks for only four things; one of which is the fallen alpha’s mate.
As they travel, the stranger learns just what a sheltered life the young omega has lived. As they work together, an undeniable attraction forms, but the stranger fights the pull with everything he has.
The unusual part of this A/O story is that the omega appears to be a hermaphrodite. This did not detract from the story for me. Also, there is mention of mpreg in the story, but if this is not your thing, just don’t read the epilogue.
All in all, I enjoyed the story. It kept me engaged throughout, but it is full of angst, so be prepared.
Happy reading!
* I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. *