Brynn has spent her life in the shadow of disgrace, the forgotten daughter of a fallen house. When she's chosen to stand at the Mating Trials, it's not hope she carries, but resignation. Omegas like her are meant to kneel quietly, unseen and unchosen. Until Commander Dain, military legend and the Council's most powerful alpha, claims her in front of the entire elite assembly. His touch sparks something neither can control.
His claim triggers her heat. His denial makes her burn. Trapped between duty and desire, Dain locks Brynn away, determined to resist the bond pulling them together. But the bond doesn't care about politics, and the Council won't tolerate defiance. When their forbidden connection is exposed, both must face the impossible choice: obey the world that shaped them, or destroy it to stay together. Taken by the Reluctant Alpha is a standalone dark Omegaverse romance from the Bloon Moon Grove series, featuring primal attraction, political stakes, and a hard-won happily ever after.
Brynn has spent her life in the shadow of disgrace, the forgotten daughter of a fallen house. When she's chosen to stand at the Mating Trials, it's not hope she carries, but resignation. Omegas like her are meant to kneel quietly, unseen and unchosen. Until Commander Dain, military legend and the Council's most powerful alpha, claims her in front of the entire elite assembly. His touch sparks something neither can control.
His claim triggers her heat. His denial makes her burn. Trapped between duty and desire, Dain locks Brynn away, determined to resist the bond pulling them together. But the bond doesn't care about politics, and the Council won't tolerate defiance. When their forbidden connection is exposed, both must face the impossible choice: obey the world that shaped them, or destroy it to stay together. Taken by the Reluctant Alpha is a standalone dark Omegaverse romance from the Bloon Moon Grove series, featuring primal attraction, political stakes, and a hard-won happily ever after.