Ashina Claw has spent eight months believing in Darren Kale's promises, giving him her heart, her body, and her trust. So when the legendary Alpha Kendrick Ridge reveals himself as her true mate at the annual Gathering, she does the unthinkable she rejects him publicly, choosing Darren over fate itself.
But Kendrick Ridge isn't a man who accepts defeat. The cold, ruthless Alpha has waited twenty-seven years for his mate, and he knows something Ashina doesn't: Darren has been using her, and the heartbreak she's fighting to avoid is inevitable.
When Darren proves himself the coward Kendrick always knew he was, and the mate bond threatens to tear Ashina apart, Kendrick makes a controversial choice he forcibly marks her, binding them together permanently.
Now Ashina must navigate life in Moonlit Pack as the unwilling mate of an Alpha she's determined to hate, even as her heart begins to recognize what her mind refuses to accept: that sometimes fate knows better than we do or will she run from fate.

The moonlight streaming through her window felt accusatory, highlighting every sleepless hour that had passed. Ashina stared at the ceiling of her suite, her mind refusing the mercy of rest. She'd tried everything. Counting backwards. Breathing exercises. Even the meditation technique her mother had taught her as a child. Nothing worked. Because every time she closed her eyes, she saw him.


Not Darren. She realized with a jolt that she hadn't thought of Darren truly thought of him in days. The man who'd once consumed her every waking thought had become nothing more than a cautionary tale, a chapter mercifully closed. No, the face behind her eyelids was different now. Stronger features. Eyes that held storms and secrets. A mouth that curved with reluctant smiles meant only for her. Kendrick.


Chapter 25 - Chosen