Kael Anderson lost his future mate and luna, Stephanie, during a rogue attack. Stephanie's death left his entire pack in mourning; her death anniversary was even declared a pack holiday.

Five years later, Kael discovers that Stephanie's younger sister Astrid is his mate. But how can that be? Wasn't Stephanie supposed to be his mate? And would his pack even accept Astrid as his mate and Luna-many have always blamed Astrid for Stephanie's death, because Stephanie died trying to save Astrid.

For her part, Astrid has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister for years. She knows very well that pack members and her parents wish that it was Astrid that died that day instead of Stephanie. Astrid had looked forward to the day that she would meet her mate and finally feel important to someone.

Discovering that her mate is Kael is Astrid's worst nightmare, especially when Kael reacts poorly to the discovery. Astrid decides that she is unwilling to live in Stephanie's shadow any longer. She will not spend the rest of her life with a mate who wishes she was someone else. She rejects Kael, who all too quickly accepts the rejection.

Soon afterwards, horrifying truths come out and Kael immediately regrets letting Astrid go. He sets out to get Astrid back and right the wrongs that have been done. But is it too late? Will Astrid find love with Kael, or with someone else?

"Rise and shine, beautiful," Kael said as he walked into the bedroom and opened the blinds, flooding the room with sunlight.


I groaned and pulled my pillow over my face. "Ten more minutes."


Kael gently tugged the pillow away from me, earning a low growl in response.


Let's back up for a second. Normally, I'm a morning person. I don't even bother setting an alarm half the time, because I usually don't need one. But yesterday was anything but normal. I quit my job at the girls' home, fought with Brady, got fully marked and mated with Kael, and met the Moon Goddess. Then, after we got back, Kael and I spent half the night talking through everything we had learned and everything we wanted to do moving forward.


In short, I had barely slept and was both physically and emotionally drained. I couldn't understand how Kael didn't feel the same. Instead of collapsing like I wanted to, he just laughed at my groaning.


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