I heard it….. the voice that has been in my head for days, low and urgent, whispering in my head: The Alpha. He is yours. You are his. Kai’s eyes widened, and he got up from his chair. His identical Beta twins exchanged startled glances, but he didn't falter as he walked towards me. He looked at me like he had just remembered something he’d always known but was buried deep in his soul. “You’re…” His voice shook, low and strained. “…mine?” “Mine,” I whispered, voice trembling, as the thread between us kindled into a pulse that the whole field seemed to feel. Heat, power, it all surged in one overwhelming heartbeat. The chant had stopped and the crowd had gotten quiet, Kai locked eyes with mine. It felt beautiful, I could feel the warmth of belonging cause then it felt as though the moon goddess hadn't abandoned me. The silence that followed me getting my mate was deafening, then the murmuring came. “She’s his mate?” “The Omega?” That was when he said it, “I reject you.” without flinching. “ I, Kai Sterling, Alpha of the Silver Moon park reject you, Lila Ashworth Omega of the pack.” It wasn’t loud, but it was final. Pain shot through me as I felt the bond snap, it felt like claws tearing at my chest. Elena gasped, her hand flying to her mouth, eyes wide with disbelief. The voice in my head echoed incoherently No… wrong path… Then silence.

Liora is an omega the pack calls defective; she cannot shift, is weak and disposable. Only one person ever saw her as more. Darren Hart, the Alpha’s son, was her secret refuge and he never judged her. Yet her heart has always betrayed her, racing only for one man she should never desire. Alpha Lucas Hart is power incarnate and the one man Liora feels bound to by something deeper than instinct. When she is framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Liora is spared execution for one reason… She is chosen as the surrogate for Darren, the Alpha Heir and taken into the palace, where she becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of politics and bloodlines. As her true power begins to surface, so does a truth the Moon can no longer hide. She was never meant to be an omega but a force. And loving the Alpha may be the most dangerous thing of all.