My mate rejected me in front of the entire Blackwood Pack. Then he crowned my foster sister as his Luna. Alpha Adrian called me wolfless, accused me of faking our bond, and ordered the Moon Council to cut his mark from my skin. What he never learned was that I left his territory carrying his twins—and that the ritual meant to destroy me awakened the blood of the first Moon Queen. Four years later, I return as the royal healer of Ronan Draven, the most feared Lycan King in the realm. His wolf has never submitted to an Alpha, a council, or a mate. But the moment he scents my blood, the Lycan King drops to one knee. Now Adrian wants the children he abandoned. My sister wants the power she stole from me. The Moon Council wants my blood before I expose the secret beneath every “fated” bond in our world. And Ronan wants me—but he refuses to claim what I do not freely give. They thought rejection made me weak. They were wrong. It made me the only woman who could choose the next king.