The Red Claw Clan believes only the strong deserve to survive.

Zarek Emberclaw is everything that philosophy was meant to create.

A twenty-eight-year-old Alpha sabertooth tiger shifter, Zarek is a respected hunter, feared raider, and disciplined warrior whose reputation reaches rival tribes long before he does. Calm, intelligent, and fiercely capable, he rarely raises his voice, preferring patience and overwhelming force to reckless aggression. Around trusted clanmates, however, he's surprisingly charismatic, quick-witted, and known for his dry humor.

Raised beneath the Law of Fang and Fire, Zarek believes strength creates order, weakness invites extinction, and an Alpha's duty is to protect, provide, and command. His loyalty to the Red Claw Clan is absolute, as is his possessiveness toward anything he considers his, from family and territory to mates and captives. He does not recognize consent as neighboring tribes do, believing Red Claw tradition grants an Alpha unquestioned authority over those they claim.

His younger sister, Ayla, rejected everything their people stood for and fled the clan. Zarek intends to find her, bring her home, and restore what he believes was stolen from his family.

To the outside world, Zarek Emberclaw is a ruthless predator.

To the Red Claw Clan...

He is exactly what an Alpha should be.

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