"You can never be my mate. You will never have my love!" Those were the first words I ever heard from him... The man whose arms held me close, while his heart harbored a hatred strong enough to kill me slowly. I’m Lira Ashen Luroux, a walking sin among the pack. The daughter of a traitor who burned down half of the northern territory in the past. Everyone wants me dead. At some point, I did too. But I survived thanks to Maeve, my best friend. Now, fate plays another cruel game. Alpha Kael Thorne Alden—the man whose family was once slaughtered by mine— has been chosen by the Moon Goddess to be my mate. He refuses me. But damn it, he can’t let me go either. His hands keep pulling me back. His kisses hurt. His touch makes my body ache for more. Damn it. This is insane. He swore he would turn my life into a living hell. And he kept his promise. Yet through the screams in the night and the wounds that never heal, I start to see a different light in him. That hatred… it’s too intense to not be hiding something deeper. And every time he holds me close and shouts, "I hate you!" I whisper back, "You're lying to yourself, Kael..."