Astrid dedicated her life to Leon, believing in their love, their pack, their future. But the devastating return of her sister, Clara, as Leon's destined mate, shatters Astrid's carefully constructed world. Betrayal cuts deep, leaving Astrid stripped bare and forced to confront a horrifying truth: her loyalty was misplaced, her sacrifices meaningless.

Just as despair threatens to consume her, Kaeleen, a magnetic and rebellious Alpha from a rival pack, storms into her life, igniting a forbidden passion that challenges everything she thought she knew. He offers her a chance to escape the suffocating control of her past, to claim a life of her own, a life where she is the priority.

But Leon won't relinquish his prize so easily. Obsessed and dangerously possessive, he unleashes a storm of violence and manipulation, determined to drag Astrid back into the darkness. Now, Astrid must make a desperate choice: succumb to the chains of her past, or embrace the dangerous allure of a love that could save her... or ignite a war that will consume them all.

The drive back to the pack was filled with me singing along to music because I was fucking excited. The world didn't know I was seeing someone and going to the gala with Astrid would show them that I was taken and not ready to mingle.


'Taken? Yeah right. Only say that after the mating ritual is complete.' Ryker grumbled.


"Come on. You know how we need to do this carefully. Just a kiss sent her spiralling, thinking about her ex. Imagine what telling her about the mating ritual will do." I replied.


'Are you sure she doesn't know though? I find it hard to believe that someone who was the Luna to a former pack wouldn't know what the mating ritual consists of.' 


"Remember I told her we could bypass it." I said to him,


Ryker huffed. 'Yeah. And that's on you. Just wait until you start feeling the effects of not completing the ritual.'


Chapter 84 - Chapter 84