The Alpha Billionaire's Fake Mate
He rejected me in front of everyone, called my bloodline poison then destroyed me.
Five years ago, Cassian Vandenberg, billionaire Alpha of the Obsidian Pack publicly shredded our mating bond during the ceremony, condemning me as the daughter of the rogue wolf who massacred his family. What he didn't know: I was already carrying his child from a night neither of us remembers.
Now he's back with a contract: pretend to be his mate for one year to break the curse destroying his empire, and he'll fund my failing sanctuary. I agree, not for the money, but for access to the pack that destroyed my father's name. Finally, I can get my revenge.
Simple, professional and purely business. Except someone is hunting in the shadows.
Wolves circle my sanctuary at night. His ex-fiancée watches me with calculating eyes, his uncle offers sympathies that taste like poison and Cassian's brother keeps leaving cryptic warnings: Trust no one especially family.
Cassian thinks I'm hiding something, he's right. Because our daughter isn't just powerful she's impossible and the curse is killing his empire? It's not about business, it's about blood.
His blood, my blood and the monster who's been pulling the strings since before we were born.
Some secrets are buried for protection while others are buried because when they surface, they don't just burn they consume everything.
He wanted a fake mate to save his legacy, I needed access to destroy mine. Neither of us expected the past to have claws or for the real monster to be someone we love.
The rejection was just the beginning. About the truth? It's so much worse than either of us imagined.