Garcia wishes she could erase the day her father brought Julia home. She would have saved herself from the orphan girl who grew up determined to take everything that was hers.
But she couldn’t, and Julia never stopped trying.
From that day forward, Julia chipped away at Garcia’s life. Her father’s attention, a gift meant only for his daughter. The pack’s favor, earned through Garcia’s own hard work. Even a necklace from her deceased mother, a forgotten link to her past.
Garcia swallowed it all, constantly reminded by her own father that she should be grateful, while he openly cherished Julia.
Her breaking point comes on her eighteenth birthday, when she finds her mate claimed by Julia in the most intimate betrayal.
Her old pack will regret the day they chose a snake over a queen, but two commanding twin Betas are waiting to give Garcia a crown she never knew she deserved.


My hands tremble as I stare out the window, watching the familiar landscape blur past. Six months of preparation have led to this moment, and my nerves feel like live wires beneath my skin. Today marks the day Alpha Frost plans to transfer leadership of Stone Hollow Pack to Thane, a ceremony that should never happen if anyone bothered to remember their own Pack laws.


The irony burns through me like acid. Alpha Frost has spent months orchestrating this elaborate charade, probably banking on the hope that everyone has forgotten the ancient laws his great-great-grandfather established. But I know better. Every Elder worth their salt understands the binding nature of Pack laws, especially the ones Stone Hollow requested centuries ago.


Chapter 11 - Chapter 11 The Order Of Reckoning