He waited fifteen years for his destined mate. When he finally found her, her heart already belonged to someone else.Kael is the thirty-year-old Alpha of one of the oldest and most powerful werewolf packs. Feared, respected, and fiercely protective of his people, he has everything an Alpha could want—except the one person fate promised him.His mate.Kael first felt the existence of his mate when his wolf awakened at fifteen. For fifteen long years, he searched for her. Every unfamiliar scent made him wonder. Every new territory gave him hope. But year after year, she never appeared.Eventually, even Kael begins to question whether fate has forgotten him.Until an ordinary business trip changes everything.Walking through a crowded airport, Kael suddenly catches a scent that makes his wolf lose control.Her.After fifteen years, his mate is finally standing only a few feet away.But she is nothing like he expected.She isn't a werewolf. She doesn't belong to another pack. She knows nothing about Alphas, mates, or the supernatural world hiding alongside her own.She is a twenty-year-old human named Aria—sweet, beautiful, independent, and completely unaware that the dangerous stranger staring at her has spent half his life waiting for her.For Kael, there is no doubt. One look at Aria and instinct becomes obsession. His wolf recognizes her. His soul recognizes her.She is his mate.There is only one problem.Aria is already in love with someone else.To Aria, Kael is an intimidating stranger who suddenly appears everywhere she goes. She doesn't understand his possessiveness, his impossible attraction to her, or why he insists that something called a “mate bond” connects them.And she certainly doesn't believe that fate gets to choose whom she loves.But Kael has waited fifteen years for this moment, and walking away from her feels impossible. As he pulls Aria deeper into his dangerous supernatural world, his determination to claim his mate collides with her determination to choose her own life.Now Kael must face something far more difficult than challenging another Alpha or protecting his pack:A mate who doesn't want him.And Aria must decide whether the man she has always loved is truly her future—or whether the terrifying connection she feels toward Kael is becoming something she can no longer deny.Destined to Alpha is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers werewolf romance filled with a possessive Alpha, a human mate, jealousy, obsession, supernatural danger, a complicated love triangle, and a battle between destiny and choice.