Fated Mates.

You once had a wolf of her own. She was proud of it, until someone from the feared Blackthorn Clan stole it from her, believing the wolf would be valuable to their pack. To protect herself and the fragile peace between clans, you was forced to give up her wolf forever.

Years later, you and her sister were promised to two different Alphas in a marriage meant to unite their clans. You was overjoyed when she learned she would marry the man she loved—the same man who had once saved her life and whom she had grown up believing was her chosen mate. Her sister was promised to Alpha Damien of the Blackthorn Clan.

Damien’s reputation terrified everyone. Stories claimed he was feral, uncontrollable, and responsible for the death of his previous Luna. Some even whispered that he had hurt his own daughter. No one knew the truth: Damien’s former Luna died under circumstances beyond his control, and he has spent years protecting his daughter from the very rumors that destroyed his name.

Then everything falls apart. You discovers her sister is pregnant with the child of the man you was supposed to marry. The betrayal cuts deeper than the broken engagement. You had given this man her heart, believing he loved her, only to discover he never had.

With the original marriage arrangement ruined, you is sent to marry Alpha Damien instead.

She enters the Blackthorn Clan believing this marriage is nothing more than a political sacrifice. She has no wolf anymore, meaning she cannot sense the bond forming around her or recognize the subtle changes in Damien. She doesn’t know why he watches her so carefully, why his wolf reacts to her presence, or why the supposedly ruthless Alpha treats her with a patience no one expected.

Damien knows the truth. The moment he met her, he recognized the bond. You is his fated mate. But Damien refuses to tell her.

After everything she has already been forced to endure, he will not take away her final choice by claiming fate decided her future for her. If she chooses him, he wants it to be because she loves him—not because some ancient bond told her she had to.

Now you must build a life inside the very clan that took her wolf, unaware that the Alpha she was taught to fear may be the first person who has ever truly given her a choice.