Jazmine Sullivan doesn’t believe in fate—and she definitely doesn’t believe in mates.As the first female Alpha of The Forgotten Ones, Jazmine has fought for every ounce of power she holds. Witch. Vampire. Wolf. She is everything the Council fears—and everything her pack needs.Now they want her to choose a mate.She refuses.Until him.Kai Blackbird—her childhood best friend, now a powerful Alpha in his own right—walks back into her life like a storm she never prepared for. Older. Stronger. Unshaken in one truth:She belongs with him.Jazmine fights it.The pull. The memories. The fire that never really died.But Kai isn’t asking.He’s claiming.And he’s not the only one watching.Whitney, a loyal wolf in Kai’s pack, has wanted him long before he became Alpha—and she’s not about to lose him to a woman who doesn’t even want him.And Bryson Carson…has been waiting for Jazmine to say yes for years.He’s done waiting.As tensions rise between packs and desire turns dangerous, Jazmine is forced to face a truth she’s spent her life denying:Some bonds aren’t chosen.They’re inevitable.And denying them…comes with a cost.