Scorned by the Alpha, Kept by the King
On the night of her eighteenth birthday, Zara Ashlen expected to be chosen.
Instead, Damon Wells the Alpha she was fated to love rejected her in front of the entire pack. No reason. No apology. Just cold, certain words that tore the bond from her chest and left her with nothing.
So she ran.
Five years later, Zara has built a quiet life far from pack territory. A job. An apartment. A daughter she would burn the world down to protect. She doesn't think about the bond anymore. She doesn't think about Damon.
She almost believes she's free.
Then the summons arrives a mandatory pack summit she cannot refuse and Zara is dragged back into the world she escaped. But something is different this time. Something ancient and unstoppable stirs the moment she walks into that room.
And it has nothing to do with Damon.
Kael Drevon is the Lycan King. Ruthless. Untouchable. A man who has never once failed to take what he wants. He has spent years waiting for a mate the bond refused to show him.
Until now.
Until her.
Zara has no intention of belonging to another Alpha not after what the last one cost her. But Kael didn't build a kingdom by accepting no.
And the closer he gets, the more she realizes her daughter's rare blood has made them both a target.
Running once saved her life.
This time, her only chance at survival might be the King she's desperately trying to resist.