Entrapped: The Alpha and the Captive by Claire Cullen

Drew is an alpha who can’t bond, a shifter without a future. Leaving Briar Wood behind, he returns to what he knows best, losing himself in the thrill of the fight. Until the day he wakes up with an omega in his bed, carrying his bond mark. All too late, he realizes he’s been caught in a trap, chained and forced to fight for another pack.

Cal was the pride of his pack until they learned he was broken. He can bond to any alpha but his bond marks always fade. A burden on his pack, he was alone and ignored until his uncle found a use for his unique ability: ensnaring alphas for their pack’s fighting ring. But the things his uncle makes him do are slowly tearing Cal apart. When Drew’s bond mark doesn’t fade, Cal knows he’s in a world of trouble. Bonded to the alpha he trapped, he fears what will happen when his pack, and Drew, learn the truth.

Drew’s fury is tempered by the growing realization that Cal is just as much a captive as he is, manipulated into doing terrible things out of loyalty to his pack. If Drew has any chance of escape, he’ll need Cal’s help. More than that, he wants to get the omega to freedom, to safety. Maybe there’s no bond between them but he can’t shake the feeling there’s a connection there. And if that connection turns out to be more than skin-deep, can they break away from the chains of their pasts to be together?

Entrapped is a novel-length read, containing mpreg, knotting, a hard-won bond, some difficult themes, and scenes not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.