When Ayla Frederick’s carefully ordered life was destroyed, she never expected rescue to wear a crown of scars. Betrayed by the man she loved and left to pick up the pieces of her already miserable life, the vulnerable Omega finds herself carrying the Alpha King’s child—by accident, or design. Tall, icy Lukas Thorn has only ever known pain: the death of his mate, the weight of pack politics, and now the shock of a surrogate mother he didn’t choose. As Ayla moves into Varondale under a cold contract, the two opposites clash—until ancient magic and their fated bond shatter walls of mistrust. But enemies move in every shadow, and betrayal runs deep. Can Ayla’s heal Lukas’s cold heart before their child comes, even themselves?