What are you if not my equal?
Fury Bound
Sable Sorensen
Wolves of Ruin, book two
ebook, 608 pages
Hardcover, 608 pages
Published May 5, 2026
ASIN B0F8YKWLBF
ISBN 9780316601436
Revenge demands sacrifice. Don’t miss this action-packed, jaw-dropping, dark and romantic sequel to Dire Bound.
CROWNED BY DESTINY.
CONSUMED BY VENGEANCE.
Against all odds, Meryn Cooper has inherited the crown—and a deadly war. As the Kingdom of Nocturna splinters under the weight of generations of lies, it is up to Meryn, her bonded direwolf Anassa, and their allies to bring the country back from the brink.
But the commoners, the Bonded, and the nobles are distrustful of their new queen and Meryn is caught in a deadly game of politics. Meanwhile, Meryn’s beloved younger sister, Saela, is more at risk than ever.
Confusingly, the one person Meryn can trust is Stark Therion—the dark, dangerous Alpha she thought hated her as much as she loathed him. Yet, his loyalty is unshakeable. His presence is intoxicating. And with his guidance, Meryn can seize an unthinkable level of power.
With enemies closing in and shadows stirring in her dreams, Meryn stands to lose her kingdom—and her heart.
Blood will spill. Bonds will break. Fate will be tested.
Fury Bound drops down right where DireBound left off, and
damn if we don't hit the ground running.
Meryn's sister has been turned into a Siphon with a raging bloodlust, Killian is manipulating the Dire wolves' mental bond to project propaganda that Meryn is an evil usurper, and those loyal to the false king are eager to destroy the threat.
All perfectly reasonable.
But once that blazing start fades to embers, Meryn collapses and Stark is there to keep her together, glares and growls in tow, as he storms his own office and eventually her bedroom to ensure she's safe.
We finally get Stark Therion's POV. He's yearning. He's lusting. And now he's flirting.
And triggering some serious submissive kinks in his new queen.
I am 100% in Stark's corner with his bone deep disgust at Meryn's lack of cleaning habits. It being one of the few strongholds he clings to in order to curb his lusts was enough to make me chuckle.
Clean your damn room, Meryn.
Then go take a nap because I miss Killian.
I could not and would not be convinced that Stark's mother, the Sovereign Alpha, was a problem. Meryn took over her chambers, admiring every corner and surface of wood work and detail so the woman obviously has exquisite talent in interior design. Then she offers up the delicious plot for Stark to marry the queen. Which Cratos agreed with btw. She's a well honed leader and one that Meryn would do well to study under.
And Stark was moments away from eliminating her? Hell no. You are not going to off your own mother,
Valstark.
Oh yes, that was a grand detail.
Cratos, Stark's bonded wolf and Anassa's bonded mate, is top tier. Sgaeyl energy.
From adversaries in DireBound to reluctant allies here, if it wasn't for his vows, her lineage, and their wolves' mate bond, these two would have nothing to do with one another. She's a brat. He's an asshole. And sure, he might say he believes in the world she's trying to achieve but believe me when I tell you that thus far, Meryn has been an abysmal failure in that undertaking.
She's ending lives left and right. Fine by me though. Just means more tattoos.
Stark thrives in bloodshed. And he finds himself encouraging it in Meryn, much to his shame. He's corrupting her.
I'm not sure what the problem is.
And now the man Meryn was convinced was trying to kill her at every turn has become the epitome of safety. Her one constant source of peace.
These two are so delightfully complicated.
The bickering is endlessly entertaining.
"Stark, you’re not killing people, right? Like, the people we’re trying very desperately to convince that my claim to the throne is legitimate?”
“I told you not to worry,” I say, throwing my few unpacked things into my bag.
“Stark!”
“Meryn.” I pause, annoyed. She might not want any blood on her hands, but intimidating the nobles to attend by any means necessary is why I’m here. You can’t agree to use a weapon and then get mad when it cuts. She’s being fucking obtuse.
“Do you want the nobles to attend or not? I didn’t kill anyone important. Just an insignificant cousin. The Eisenfall nobles will be at the coronation, and we’re leaving for Nachtfall now.”
“So what’s the plan, then?” She’s growing agitated. “A whirlwind murder tour? Dead nobles in every fiefdom, but at least we’ll scare them all into showing face?”
For someone with a vicious streak, she’s really naive sometimes. “Yeah, possibly. Is that a problem?”
Auren would
never.
You let that man have his own Ravinger Rot Tour.
Not a fan of Meryn's holier than thou judgements on other people's culture when she knows damn well there are facets of her own that can turn stomachs. Calling a man an ignorant piece of shit just for asking how she likes her meat cooked? What the fuck was that?
He's a
Siphon. They drink blood in order to survive and you're offended that he might expect that a people who bind themselves to direwolves might prefer raw meat? That's not being rude, Meryn. That's called deductive logic! Gods forbid a man ask a question in order to serve a foreign guest properly.
A man makes a “surprised” and “impressed” comment (“That’s right, actually”) when Saela translates a symbol on a map and Meryn calls him a ‘condescending jerk’.
Meryn! An eleven year old child identified a mark you yourself, a grown ass woman and reigning queen, did not know. How is he being surprised and impressed not a perfectly reasonable response?! Pull your fucking head out of your misandrous ass.
Even the humble horses couldn't escape her raging prejudice.
She's livid with Killian. Furious that he coerced her and asserts it was not a consensual relationship because of that manipulation. Okayyy, but her entire existence is manipulated by magic and mate bonds. She is prey to the powers beyond her. But she's not mad at that. Rages against the monarchy and a blood given right to rule, until it's
her blood and
her right to rule. Then she'll strike down any and all in her way.
Some might call that hypocritical.
Girl, you're hurt and you're mad he played you like a harp.
But as much as Meryn irked me at times, I do appreciate all of the characters of this series and loved every one of them in the first book.
Won't stop calling Meryn out on her bs though.
So, yes, there were things that I adored, things that rubbed me the wrong way, and other things that absolutely pissed me off but I still had trouble setting this down and leaving it down. I was invested and entertained the whole way through. The storyline advanced so much that we basically have an all new plot line and that's a hell of a lot more than Rites of the Starling even attempted to give.
Going forward, I'm choosing to remember Stark as the antagonist. The Alpha that growls and glares and cuts. He's a far better fighter than a lover.
And that concludes my ever so slightly unhinged review.
4 out of 5 stars.
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