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?

Deciding I'd had enough of Brady's crap, I lunged for him. It wasn't that he accused me of sleeping with Stephanie—that didn't bother me. What really got under my skin was how he kept mocking my relationship with Astrid, constantly dragging up our painful past. Whether his accusations were true or not didn't matter; it was the intent behind them that infuriated me.


"STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!" Astrid shouted, just before I reached Brady.


I don't know if she meant to do it, but she used her alpha command, the same one from Hawaii. Even though it no longer worked on me, I still felt its weight. It snapped me back to reality. Instead of landing the punch Brady deserved, I stopped and wrapped my arms around my mate.


"I'm sorry, my love. He just crossed the line."


Astrid hugged me back. To my relief, she wasn't angry with me. But she was definitely furious with Brady.


"What is going on with you, Brady? I don't recognize this version of you," she said coldly.


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