Pawn's Sacrifice (Checkmate 2) MM

Luka Lockehart, reeling with betrayal and ignorant to the fact that he and Theo are mates, is stuck with his captor. He has less than a year to secure the powerful allies he needs to return to the city that betrayed him and to save his brother’s life.

FROM WARLORD TO EXILE.

Shapeshifter Theodori Hunter Wolfborn and his once-captive turned reluctant ally, Luka Lockehart, have escaped the disaster of Cesscounthe. Theo, desperate to recover his title, needs allies just as badly as Luka. Together, they flee to the place their enemies will least suspect: to the kingdom of Balivartia, home of the demon princes and Theo’s greatest enemy, the Snake of the South. There, Luka’s previous connections should gain them favor – assuming Theo’s reputation as a war lord doesn’t ruin everything.

Things go south. Quickly. When Theo is captured, Luka realizes that the only way to gain the allies he needs is to seduce his way into the palace of the Snake of the South himself, competing to be the new king’s potential consort – but at the cost of Theo.

Why choose love when you can have power?