Layla had never known what it meant to belong. Found abandoned at the pack borders as a child, she grew up grateful just to be accepted. Her heart always yearned for Evan, the Alpha’s son, and everyone believed they were destined mates.But fate had other plans. On the night of her first shift, the truth was revealed—Layla was Evan’s fated mate, not the sweet, innocent Emma he’d been flaunting. Instead of happiness, Layla’s world collapsed. Evan’s love turned to cruelty, his touch to abuse, and his betrayal cut deeper than any claw.Broken and desperate, Layla ran. But freedom was short-lived. Captured and sold like property, she found herself at the mercy of Alpha Orion—the most feared Alpha of them all.She braced for pain, for chains, for the same torment she’d suffered before. But Orion didn’t raise his hand to her. Instead, he claimed her. His second chance mate.Layla refuses to believe it. She doesn’t want another bond, another Alpha, another prison. Yet every stolen glance, every heated encounter, every clash of wills pulls her deeper into a dangerous connection she cannot escape.Can she survive being mated to the Alpha everyone fears? Or will she discover that the one she dreads may be the only one strong enough to heal her scars?---