1973 Toni Morrison

Si Andreana Alonzo ay labing-anim na gulang lamang nang dalhin siya ng kanyang ina sa Amerika. May nag-alok sa kanyang ina ng trabaho sa isang malaking kumpanya sa LA. Iniwan nila ang kanyang kapatid sa Pilipinas na may stage four na cancer kasama ang kanyang ama na nag-aalaga rito. Sa US ipinagpatuloy niya ang pag-aaral. Nakatira sila sa kaibigan ng kanyang ina, isang matandang lalaki na balo at may tatlong anak. Then one day, nalaman niya na hindi lang pala trabaho ang dahilan kung bakit sila pumunta ng America. Dahil doon, gumawa siya ng paraan para makabalik sa Pilipinas at makasama muli ang daddy niya at si Nathan. Ang tanging nakapigil sa kanya ay si Matthew Gregory Morrison, ang panganay na anak ng matanda. Dahil kay Matthew, nagpapigil siya. Nag-enjoy siyang manatili sa US dahil sa sa binata. Isang araw, may nangyari. Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit siya tuluyang tumakas pabalik ng Pilipinas. Na-inlove siya kay Matthew, pero hindi sapat ang pagmamahal na iyon na maging rason upang manatili. Ayaw din niyang umalis dahil kay Matthew, pero nahihirapan siyang manatili sa mga Morrison. Nang walang paalam, umalis siya sa Amerika. Pagkalipas ng pitong taon, nagpakita sa kanya si Matthew Gregory Morrison. Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit gumulo na naman ang buhay niya.

Introduction At my mating ceremony with Blake Morrison, the Alpha heir I'd loved for eight years, his childhood sweetheart texted him a pregnancy test photo. He didn't hesitate for a second. He canceled our mating ceremony and rushed off to take care of his childhood sweetheart. After he left the ceremony hall, his childhood sweetheart posted photos on the big screen behind me. Photos of the two of them tangled together in my bedroom. Then Blake sent me a message: "I was drunk that night. Ivy is carrying my child, and I need to be there for her." "She wanted to hide the pregnancy and raise the pup alone, but she's an Omega. It's too hard for an Omega to raise a child by herself, especially when she's competing to be the Pack's Head Healer... I can't ruin her future, and I can't abandon an innocent life." "You're an Alpha wolf. High-ranking wolves don't get pregnant easily, and you've always wanted children quickly, right? After she gives birth, I'll arrange for her to study advanced healing at the Alliance. You can raise the child, and they'll only know you as their mother." When I didn't reply, he added another message: "The official marking and re-scheduling our mating ceremony will have to wait until after Ivy gives birth." I stared at my phone screen, laughing until my eyes burned with tears. I was the only Alpha heiress of the Stormfang Pack, the strongest pack in Southern territories. Did he really think that I had no choice but to pick him as my mate? I dialed the Alpha King Kane Blackwood's number directly: "Are you still willing to be my mate?"

Bianca was born a rogue—an outsider who learned early that survival meant making herself useful. When she saved Alpha Matthew Morrison's life twice, she thought she'd finally found someone who saw her value. Instead, she became his obligation, his duty, the wife he married because honor demanded it, not because his heart did. For four years, Bianca tried to earn Matthew's love through service, through healing, through being the perfect Luna and mother to their son, Theo. She told herself that someday he would see her, truly see her, and choose her. Then Mia came back—Matthew's first love, his true mate in all but name—with a terminal illness and a bucket list of dreams she wanted to fulfill before she died. . Now Matthew demands the ultimate sacrifice: Bianca must risk her life, her healing abilities, and her future to cure the woman who's already taken everything from her. When Bianca discovers that Mia's "terminal illness" is built on lies and manipulation, she realizes the truth—she was never the wife, never the Luna, never the mother in Matthew's eyes. She was always just the rogue girl convenient enough to save and use. But Bianca is done being convenient. She's done sacrificing herself for a man who'll never love her. She's done watching another woman live her life while she fades into the background. Armed with evidence of Mia's deception and divorce papers hidden in plain sight, Bianca prepares to do what she should have done four years ago—walk away before they destroy her completely. The only question is: will Matthew sign away their bond before he realizes what he's losing, or will Bianca's carefully constructed escape plan crumble when the man who never loved her suddenly can't bear to let her go?