The Barmaid's Alpha: I Sold Her a Drink, She Owned My Heart

Five years ago, Alpha Kaelen Thorne publicly rejected his fated mate, Elara, calling her a worthless omega. Now his pack is crumbling, and he travels to the dungeon city of Silverdeep to hire a legendary information broker known only as "The Whisper." When he walks into the city's most popular tavern, he comes face to face with the woman he destroyed—except she's not the broken girl he remembers. Elara owns the tavern. She commands respect from the most dangerous adventurers in the world. She is powerful, untouchable, and when she looks at him? Nothing. No recognition. No pain. No love. She is The Whisper. She has the information he needs to save his pack. And her price? One thousand gold coins. And his company. She claims she needs him for a dangerous job. But Kaelen suspects the truth: she's making him suffer the way he made her suffer. She wants him to want her. She wants him to beg. And then she wants to walk away. But Kaelen is not the same man who rejected her. He will prove he's changed. He will take a blade for her. He will kneel in front of the entire city and confess his shame. Because Elara doesn't just own a tavern. She owns him. And this time, he will spend the rest of his life proving he's worthy of the woman who became powerful without him. Even if she never forgives him. Even if all she gives him is a chance to try.