Ten years ago, Leah Carter walked away from Julian Ward and the future they once promised each other. Now twenty-eight, Leah has built a life around one rule: never give anyone the power to break her heart again. Between family demands, financial worries, and her dream of opening a shop of her own, she has no room for old regrets.Then Julian returns.He's no longer the boy she remembers. He's a respected surgeon, frustratingly composed, and far too willing to step into problems she never asked him to solve.Leah wants answers about the past. Julian seems determined to prove that he has changed. But neither of them knows how to bridge ten years of silence without reopening the wounds that drove them apart.And when an anonymous act of generosity threatens Leah's hard-won independence, the line between helping someone and taking away their choice becomes dangerously thin.He may be ready to fight for a second chance.But this time, loving him won't be enough.She has to choose him for herself.

A failing boundary. Five packs on the edge of chaos. And an Alpha who has never learned how to surrender control.Arden Vale is an independent surveyor who trusts evidence more than authority. When a vital Wardline node collapses, the ruling Council blames an outside attack. But Arden knows the truth is far from settled, and she refuses to let anyone bury the questions.Cassian Rook, Alpha of Stonewake Pack and emergency coordinator of the five-pack alliance, has a crisis to contain. The last thing he needs is a stubborn investigator challenging his decisions at every turn.Yet the deeper Arden digs, the more dangerous the secrets become. Missing supplies, falsified records, and political loyalties threaten to unravel the very defenses keeping the packs safe.And then there is the bond neither of them can ignore.In a world where an Alpha's word is treated as law, Arden refuses to be claimed, commanded, or silenced.Cassian may have the power to command five packs.But winning Arden's heart will require something he has never learned to give up: control.