Rejected in chains before the entire pack, Elara was declared unworthy by the Alpha who should have claimed her. Alpha Rhydan broke her publicly—cold, merciless, final. She thought the pain would end there. But the Moon marked her after the rejection. Now the mating bond binds her to the man who shattered her pride, turning his indifference into obsession and her silence into dangerous power. He wants redemption. She wants freedom. And breaking the bond may destroy the Alpha… but keeping it could cost Elara her soul.