Nora Bennett has spent her entire life proving people wrong. Every coach who said she knew nothing about hockey. Every player who refused to take orders from a plus-sized woman. Every stranger who decided her worth the moment they looked at her. By the time she earned a place in the National Werewolf Hockey League, she thought nothing could surprise her anymore. She was wrong. On the night the championship came to an end, the Moon Goddess revealed her fated mate. Grayson Knight. Captain of the league's most successful team. The Alpha every pack wanted to claim as their own. Before the celebration was over, Grayson rejected the bond in front of thousands of fans, leaving Nora to face a humiliation that quickly became the biggest story in professional werewolf hockey. Walking away from him was never the difficult part. Walking away from the game she loved almost was. A year later, Nora returns as the head coach of the league's weakest team, a club that hasn't reached the playoffs in years and now stands between Grayson and another championship. Every match brings them together again. Every victory reminds Grayson of the mate he refused to claim. But as the season unfolds, Nora begins to uncover truths about the league that make her rejection seem far less simple than she once believed. Because some games are decided long before the players step onto the ice. And someone has been playing this one from the very beginning.