Slashed Bonds
(2026)(The first book in the Underground Heat Playground series)
A novel by Madison Kingsley
Five years ago, Morrigan ‘Mori’ Crowe had everything:
A family who adored her, an all-star future on the ice, and the pack who bonded her early so she could chase the playoffs without sacrificing the dream she’d spent her life building.
Then another Omega decided Mori’s life belonged to her—and Mori’s pack helped her take it.
Her family was detained.
Her career was destroyed. Her escape left scars across her arms.
And for the final cruelty?
The men she loved rejected her and severed a bond she believed was forever.
Mori disappeared with them.
What came back is Malice.
Five years of isolation, medication, nightmares, and surviving inside a body that remembers everything have made her colder, darker, and far less forgiving.
She has no interest in reclaiming her old life—until vengeance places the national playoffs within reach.
All she needs is a team.
The Blackridge Vipers need a player.
Now Morrigan is sharing a house—and an ice rink—with college hockey’s three most infamous Alphas.
Cassian ‘Cash’ Vane, the calculating center and captain who dismantles opponents like puzzles.
Killian Graves, the brutal defenseman and enforcer whose terrifying silence hides how closely he watches her.
Nikolai ‘Niko’ Volkov, the beautifully unhinged goaltender who collects superstitions, secrets, and reasons to make her smile.
Morrigan didn’t return for a new pack.
She returned to face the men who ruined her, uncover what happened five years ago, and take back the championship they stole from her.
But revenge gets complicated when three monsters decide Malice might belong with them.
Once, rejection destroyed her.
This time, she intends to make it the bittersweet beginning she deserved.
Because some bonds are meant to be cherished.
Others are meant to be slashed.
Genre: Romance
A family who adored her, an all-star future on the ice, and the pack who bonded her early so she could chase the playoffs without sacrificing the dream she’d spent her life building.
Then another Omega decided Mori’s life belonged to her—and Mori’s pack helped her take it.
Her family was detained.
Her career was destroyed. Her escape left scars across her arms.
And for the final cruelty?
The men she loved rejected her and severed a bond she believed was forever.
Mori disappeared with them.
What came back is Malice.
Five years of isolation, medication, nightmares, and surviving inside a body that remembers everything have made her colder, darker, and far less forgiving.
She has no interest in reclaiming her old life—until vengeance places the national playoffs within reach.
All she needs is a team.
The Blackridge Vipers need a player.
Now Morrigan is sharing a house—and an ice rink—with college hockey’s three most infamous Alphas.
Cassian ‘Cash’ Vane, the calculating center and captain who dismantles opponents like puzzles.
Killian Graves, the brutal defenseman and enforcer whose terrifying silence hides how closely he watches her.
Nikolai ‘Niko’ Volkov, the beautifully unhinged goaltender who collects superstitions, secrets, and reasons to make her smile.
Morrigan didn’t return for a new pack.
She returned to face the men who ruined her, uncover what happened five years ago, and take back the championship they stole from her.
But revenge gets complicated when three monsters decide Malice might belong with them.
Once, rejection destroyed her.
This time, she intends to make it the bittersweet beginning she deserved.
Because some bonds are meant to be cherished.
Others are meant to be slashed.
Genre: Romance
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