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.