I, Alpha Damon Blackwood, reject Aria Nightshade as my mate and future Luna.”He called her weak, unwanted, and unworthy of becoming his Luna.Rejected, humiliated, and abandoned by her family, she is cast into rogue territory to die.But death never comes.Instead, she is rescued by the feared Lycan King—a man who has not accepted a mate in centuries.The problem?His wolf claims her.The kingdom bows to her.And the ancient mark on her skin belongs to a queen who died a thousand years ago.Now her first mate wants her back.The king refuses to let her go.And the moon itself seems to be calling her name.They rejected a wolfless girl.They awakened a queen.

At nineteen, Zara is a scholarship student at the country’s most prestigious university, mostly invisible to everyone around her. She works two jobs, avoids trouble, and dreams of becoming a lawyer—until she discovers her late father’s debt wasn’t financial, but a promise.To save her family’s home, Zara is forced into a secret marriage with Ethan Kingsley—the university’s most popular student, a social media sensation, and heir to a billionaire empire.Ethan hates the arrangement from the start. Zara hates him even more than he hates it.At school, no one knows they’re married. Ethan acts like she doesn’t exist in public, while every girl on campus dreams of being his girlfriend.But when a scandal threatens Ethan’s reputation, Zara becomes the only person he can rely on. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember their marriage was meant to be temporary.Then Ethan’s ex-girlfriend returns with a shocking secret—and Zara discovers their marriage was arranged for reasons neither of them understands.