Edge of Steel
Shifter Guardians Academy · Book 2 · 2026
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- violence
- abandonment
Synopsis
My mates rejected me, and now they’ve come crawling back. It’s too little, too late.... When the men I’d been falling for spurned me and then left me in the woods to die, I vowed to cut them out of my life for good. But the Moon had other plans for me. It turns out Heath, Aiden, Elijah, and Wyatt are my Fated. A rare blessing of perfect mates from our celestial deity. One I absolutely do not want. But now I’m stuck with them at Guardian training camp, where I'll continue my quest to earn a permanent place among our kind’s elite military force. Within their ranks, I’ll finally have safety for myself and my beast. I don’t need bonds, and I definitely don’t need my Fated, who only want me now because the Moon told them they’re supposed to. But these four powerful shifters aren’t giving up so easily. They’ve come to camp ready to claim what they think is theirs. They’ll find my claws are out and my swords are sharp. Game on, boys.
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Edge of Steel by Elizabeth Dear.
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