Hostile Takeover

The verdict is in: survival is illegal. Julianne West used to fight her battles in a courtroom. Now, she's fighting them from a penthouse under siege. Pregnant with the first human-wolf hybrids in history, Julianne has become the Council of Elders' most wanted fugitive. Their weapon of choice? The Wolfsbane Containment Act—a magical quarantine designed to starve her pack into submission. Trapped behind an invisible wall with a paranoid Alpha, a dwindling food supply, and a pregnancy that is rapidly evolving her own biology, Julianne has to get creative. If she can't practice law, she'll practice non-compliance. With the help of a disgraced Omega runner and a shell company selling "aromatherapy candles," Julianne builds a black market empire right under the Council's nose. She isn't just surviving; she's buying an army. But the Council has sent their best executioner: Justian Thorne, a Solicitor who twists the law into a noose. When the power is cut and the tactical teams breach the door, Julianne realizes her babies aren't just children. They are weapons. And she is about to introduce the Council to a mother's justice. Hostile Takeover is the explosive second installment in the Litigated Mates series.