# Rejected Luna, Claimed by the Lycan King. For five years, Aria Blackwood devoted her life to Alpha Damon Ashford. She stood beside him as Luna, loved him with everything she had, and dreamed of the family they would build together.Then, on the night she planned to tell him she was carrying his child, another woman walked into their mating ceremony.One word changed everything."Mate."Before the eyes of the entire pack, Damon chose his fated mate over the woman who had loved him for years. Humiliated, heartbroken, and hiding a pregnancy he knows nothing about, Aria is rejected and cast aside. Everyone expects the former Luna to disappear quietly. Everyone expects her to break. Instead, fate has other plans. Attacked by rogues and left for dead, Aria is saved by the most feared creature in the werewolf world—the Lycan King. Ryker Nightshade has ruled for centuries.Ruthless. Untouchable. Feared by every Alpha alive. He never wanted a mate. Never needed one. Until he finds Aria bleeding in the snow. The moment he sees her, one truth shakes his entire world. She belongs to him. As Aria struggles to rebuild her shattered life, Ryker becomes her protector, her strength, and the first man to show her what true love looks like. But just when she begins to heal, Damon discovers the devastating secret she kept from him. The child growing inside her is his. Now the Alpha who rejected her will do anything to win her back.But how do you reclaim a woman you've already destroyed?And what happens when the King of Lycans refuses to let her go?Caught between a past that broke her and a future that could save her, Aria must decide where her heart truly belongs.Because some mistakes cost more than love.Some mistakes cost a soulmate. And Damon Ashford is about to learn that too late.