Kaid's Queen — Sandra R. Neeley

Kaid has watched as members of his clan have found and claimed their One, their Mate. Even the female that he had once hoped to claim as his own has found and claimed her One. He's lonely, he's tired of waiting, and his Bear is growing bitter and despondent watching from the side, never gifted with his own. He's tired of hurting. Then a visit from an old friend delivers his heart's desire. He's speechless. She is beyond all he ever dreamed. But there's a problem; she's more Alpha than he is, housing a Monster that even she is afraid to release. And the little fact that he failed her before he ever knew she existed; how can she forgive him for his failure if he cannot even consider forgiving himself? Delilah was born in captivity. Her parents murdered. All she has ever known is rules, permissions, cruelty, forced to barter in trade each day for her very survival. The concept of love, family and happiness mean nothing to her; they are merely words. Her captor leaves one day, never to return. She believes she's been left to die a slow, painful death, starving in the cell that is her home. Then a chance encounter saves her; a human searching for answers stumbles across her hidden prison. She doesn't trust him, but she's got nothing to lose and he's got food! So she goes with the man on an adventure that takes her to an Alpha who could be all she never knew she needed. Now if only the Monster that resides inside her wouldn't eat her newfound friends, this might not be too bad! While Kaid and Delilah struggle to form a bond other than the obvious physical one, a vengeful, unseen threat from the past scurries into the periphery of their lives, threatening not only their new-found chance at happiness, but the lives of every member of their clan and the very land they call home. Will this threat be detected in time to save the lives of all Avaleigh's Boys and everyone they hold dear? This book is the third in a new series, Avaleigh's Boys, about a group of shifters who make