I died the moment he chose her.

For four years, I was nothing more than the unwanted Luna. The orphaned girl bound to an Alpha who could barely stand to look at me. I tried everything to earn Kael Draven's love, to be perfect, to be invisible, to be whatever he needed.

It was never enough.

When our enemy forced an impossible choice, Kael didn't hesitate. He saved the woman he truly wanted and left me to die in the dirt.

But death wasn't the end. It was my awakening.

Now I stand as heir to the most powerful pack in existence, commanding resources that can make or break entire territories. I'm no longer the weak, desperate girl begging for scraps of affection.

I am power itself.

And the Alpha who let me die just walked into my throne room.

Kael's pack is crumbling. He needs my help to save them. He doesn't recognize me, how could he? I wear a different face now, speak with a different voice. But every time he's near, the mate bond he thought died with me roars to life, pulling us together even as hatred burns between us.

He's desperate. Broken. Finally willing to beg.

And I'm going to make him pay for every moment he made me feel worthless.

But there's a problem: the enemy who orchestrated my death is building an army, and he's targeting the weakest packs first. Including Kael's. Which means I have a choice to make, let the man who betrayed me fall, or save him and risk losing myself all over again.

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.

They never warned me it might burn us both alive.

A rejected Luna. A desperate Alpha. And a mate bond that refuses to die.

When the woman he left for dead becomes the only one who can save him, he'll learn that some choices can never be forgiven, and some women are far more dangerous the second time around

"Kneel before me, Alpha. Let's see if you beg as prettily as I once did."