For twenty-one years, Alpha Cassian Thorne was my best friend, my protector... and the only man I ever loved. Everyone pitied me for being the Ashthorne Pack's wolfless disgrace, but as long as I had him, I could survive anything. So when the Moon Goddess revealed him as my fated mate, I thought fate had finally chosen me. Instead, he rejected me before the entire pack. Before my heart could even break, the people I'd called family turned on me, forcing me to flee into the forbidden forest.That's where I met him, a stranger with eyes that made my pulse race and a voice that could make Alphas kneel. He saved my life, disappeared before I could learn his name, and left me wondering why a man like him would risk everything for a broken girl. The next day, the Royal Palace arrived with one command: "By order of the Lycan King... bring her to me.”