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?

At 6:25 p.m., I kissed my wife and headed down to my office to meet with our disappointment of a son. I didn't even know why I'd agreed to this meeting much less why I was making an effort to be on time. Timeliness was important to me. It had never been important to Kael. I knew I'd be lucky if he showed up before 7:00.


Honestly, after everything Kael had put Jane and me through these last few months, I was ready to hand the pack over to Nick and disown Kael altogether. Only three things were holding me back:


1. Nick's fragile mental health after Jenny left him.


2. Margie's relentless desire for Stephanie to be made Luna.


3. Jane's absolute love and loyalty to our son.


I could only hope Kael had asked for this meeting to apologize for his constant disappearing acts, for the shame he's brought to the family and maybe even to ask for advice on how to make things right with the pack and his family.


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