Elias Roth. The one everyone underestimates. A runt whose mouth is the biggest thing about him. A survivor who turns his trauma into teeth... right up until he's turned into a living battery to fuel a Dark witch's madness. Even hanging on by his last claw, he refuses to break. Then a wall of muscle appears outside his cell, and every word fails him except for one: Mine.

Rook Harrison York. A literal rock of a man. Quiet, steadfast, built like a fortress. For the past eleven years, he's spent his summers scouring Dark rot from the world, doing his part in the endless war against the Harrowing Court. Now, he's home and ready to get back to what he does best: Teach calculus. Then a desperate plea for help comes from Petragard, and Rook answers, never guessing he'll find something precious in a kingdom about to crack.

 Through stone and sorrow, the heart finds its way home.

Grumpy × Sunshine → One's all brooding stone. The other's all chaotic underdog. Grounded fortress meets witty werewolf.

Slow Burn/Hurt & Comfort → Trauma, captivity, and scars meet quiet healing and trust.

Size Difference → One's a runt wolf. The other's a granite tower.

Boy Love → Love is love.

Outsider Hero → He's accepted, but not understood. He belongs, but he doesn't fit. He's not supposed to exist, but now he might just help save a kingdom.

Safe Romance → No cheating, no break-ups, no triangles, just lots of breaking in the best ways. 

Isabelle Donahue is done waiting. Passionate, sharp-tongued, and loyal to the bone, she's been counting the days for her idiots to come home from the war. They promised this mission was their last. And she believed them-right up until they vanished. Now she's grabbing her girls and heading into the heart of danger to drag her boys home... and burn down whatever stands in her way.

William and Winston Barlow have always shared everything, their bond unbreakable. Then their final mission falls apart, and they find themselves trapped beneath a kingdom of stone that's one heartbeat away from collapsing. When rescue comes wearing the scent of destiny, the brothers will have to fight not just for their lives, but for the one woman neither can live without.

Through stone and sorrow, the heart finds its way home. 

Why Choose?: Two inseparable brothers and a woman with her tribe behind her.

Ride-or-Die Loyalty: If you come for what's hers, she'll burn down everything that's yours. 

Rescue Mission: Captivity, defiance, and the kind of rescue that comes teeth-first.

Witch War Fallout: Dark magic and a stone realm on the edge of shattering.

Banter and Burns: "If you weren't my mate, I'd bite you!" "Baby, that's not the threat you think it is."

Safe Romance: No cheating, no break-ups, no triangles, no exes. Just snark and sass and fire.