Tonia Alexa lived a life of scorn. Mocked for the scar that marred her face, her own mate cast her aside the second he secured his power, leaving her shattered and convinced she was unlovable.
Then came a single night with a stranger. He was the first man who didn’t see her scar, the first to make her feel desired.
That one night was a secret they both carried. For Tonia, he was a dream. For him—the ruthless Alpha King Kermit—she was the only woman who had ever given him release, an obsession he couldn’t forget.
Five years later, she’s forced into a marriage contract with that very same man. Just as his cold exterior begins to thaw, a devastating lie rips them apart. His memories of her are stolen, and the man who once desired her now sees only a traitor.
Tonia wants to flee. But with her stolen children’s lives on the line, she has to fight. To reclaim her family, she must face a world of dark power and deception, ruled by the man who holds her heart but no longer remembers her name.


Lucien was lounging around the Pack house when I finally made it back. The weight of that strange dream still clung to me like morning fog, refusing to lift despite the daylight streaming through the windows.


When I described the unsettling vision to him, he just laughed it off with that carefree attitude of his. We spent the afternoon hunting down my jewelry and gathering everything else I would need for tomorrow's ceremony. Each item felt heavier in my hands than it should have, as if they carried the weight of what was coming.


As night settled over the Pack house, I found myself standing outside Kermit' office door. The truth about what happened five years ago burned in my throat, begging to be released. I needed to see his face when I told him. I needed to understand why he had walked away that morning without a word.


But the door was locked. Cold metal greeted my touch instead of the familiar warmth of his presence.


Chapter 40 - Chapter 40 Wounds That Never Heal