Valestra has spent her life believing she was destined for greatness. As the eldest daughter of a noble house, she was raised to be chosen, raised to serve her clan, raised to matter. But when the Dragon Lord selects her younger sister instead, Valestra’s world shatters. Ravessa’s lies turn the entire household against her, and her parents quickly decide she’s worth more traded away than kept. When the king announces he seeks a breeder to produce his heir, Valestra’s father offers her without hesitation. No farewell. No remorse. No love. Just a transaction. Now Valestra is escorted to the Dragon King’s castle, stripped of her future and bound to a fate she never chose. Whispers say the king is powerful, ruthless, and cursed. Whispers say no woman has survived long enough to give him an heir. Whispers say she should fear him. But Valestra has survived betrayal, cruelty, and abandonment. She will not break easily. In a world ruled by dragons, bloodlines, and ancient magic, Valestra must navigate court politics, hidden dangers, and the king himself—who may be far more than the monster she was warned about. And as secrets unravel, Valestra begins to wonder: Was she sent to be the king’s breeder… or his undoing?

El thought the worst day of her life would end quietly. Instead, she's rejected at the altar, humiliated in front of her entire pack, and forced to run with nothing but a few bags and a shattered future. She doesn't expect to be found. Especially not by Ryker, the ruthless Alpha King who never wanted a mate and certainly not her. Their bond snaps into place the moment he gets close—unwanted and undeniable—binding a runaway Luna to the one wolf who fears the bond more than she does. El wants freedom. Ryker wants distance. Fate gives them neither. Dragged into the Royal Pack, El must navigate a world where she's both treasured and feared, claimed and resisted. Rejection was only the beginning. What comes next will change the entire shifter world.