He was supposed to protect me. Instead, he destroyed everything.

I came to Deception Valley looking for answers about my mother's hidden past. What I found was a world I didn't know existed?werewolves, pack politics, and a mate bond I never asked for.

Dominic Thornwood is everything I should avoid. Dangerous. Dominant. The most powerful Beta in the pack. One look from his golden eyes and I knew my life would never be the same.

But our connection is forbidden. My mother destroyed his family when she rejected her fated mate?his father. Her choice killed him. And now everyone expects history to repeat itself with us.

They want me gone. He wants me close. And I'm caught between a past I can't change and a future that terrifies me.

When I shift for the first time, everything changes. The bond between us becomes impossible to ignore. But Marcus Ashford?a wolf who thinks I belong to him?will do anything to tear us apart. Even if it means breaking every rule. Even if it means war.

I have to choose: Run like my mother did and survive alone. Or stay and fight for a love that could destroy us both.

They say you can't fight a fated mate bond. They're wrong.

I fought it every step of the way. But Dominic fought harder. And now I'm about to become Luna of a pack that doesn't want me, mated to an Alpha who would burn the world down to keep me safe.

This is my story. The one my mother never got to tell.