Ava Blackwood spent years dreaming of the day she would find her mate.Instead, she was publicly rejected by Ethan Hale, the future Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack, and humiliated before everyone she had ever known.Heartbroken and desperate to escape, Ava flees into the forbidden forest where she discovers a wounded stranger covered in blood.Saving him should have been a mistake.The stranger is Kael Draven, the legendary Lycan King feared by every werewolf pack on the continent.Powerful.Dangerous.Merciless.And according to the Moon Goddess, he is Ava's true mate.As enemies close in and ancient secrets begin to surface, Ava finds herself caught between a cruel Alpha who suddenly wants her back and a Lycan King determined to claim what fate has given him.But some secrets are buried for a reason.And Ava is about to discover that she is far more than an ordinary wolf.Sometimes rejection is not the end of a love story.Sometimes it is the beginning of a war.