Livinus Chima
She negotiated peace for five years while her fated mate raised the children she'd left behind with the best friend who now called them hers.
When Lyra returns, she finds her mate celebrating five years with the woman she once called her other half. Her twin pups, stolen from her arms as infants, call another woman "Mama." Her place has been erased, her sacrifice forgotten.
Then her best friend and sister frame her for poisoning her own children. Condemned by the mentor she trusted, Lyra is exiled to the rogue lands, where she uncovers the truth: the woman she called Mother has been poisoning her since childhood to suppress her Shadowborn bloodline—a power feared for generations.
Exile doesn't break her. It awakens her.
Five years later, Lyra returns stronger than ever, wielding shadow magic and truth-seeing abilities capable of exposing every lie. Her former mate rules with strategies she created, while her best friend wears the Luna title that should have been hers. Worse still, she discovers the woman who raised her was never her real mother—and one final betrayal is already in motion.
Her only ally is Kael Northwood, a rival Alpha who has searched for her since she disappeared. He believes in her innocence, but their undeniable mate bond is forbidden by ancient law.
Now Lyra must choose: reclaim the family stolen from her—or embrace the destiny waiting in the shadows.
Some betrayals destroy you. Hers awakened the monster they should never have tried to bury.
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