Everyone in Blackridge believed I was too weak to be Luna. Rowan Thorne believed it too. Three days after we discovered we were fated mates, the Alpha I had loved for years rejected me in front of the entire pack—and chose a stronger woman to stand beside him. Then he told me nothing else had to change. I could still calm the young wolves. Still help frightened families. Still carry every invisible burden Blackridge had always placed in my hands. They didn't want me as Luna. They just wanted everything I did for them. So I left. And for the first time in years, I started getting better. My headaches faded. My wolf grew stronger. And in a broken border pack no one expected much from, I began to understand the truth: I had never been weak. I had spent years carrying everyone else. Now Blackridge is beginning to crack, and Rowan wants me home. But I finally know what it feels like to belong somewhere that doesn't require me to break myself first. He rejected me because I was too weak to stand beside him. One day, he'll learn what my strength really cost.