"Then maybe you saw that Celeste is everything you're not." Elara didn’t expect to hear that from her mate. Julian's eyes widened. "Elara, I didn't mean…” Those words broke her. One night before her mating ceremony, Elara Monroe watches her fated mate Julian reject her for another woman. Heartbroken and humiliated, she's ready to disappear until a mysterious alpha offers her something better than a second chance: revenge. Xavier Lockwood is ruthless, dangerous, and needs inside information about Elara's pack. Their deal is simple: she spies for him, he destroys everyone who destroyed her. But neither expects the lies to run deeper than betrayal, or the enemy to be closer than they thought. When Elara discovers her own father is selling out their pack and her rejection leaves her vulnerable to forced bonding, she must choose between the mate who broke her heart and the alpha who's teaching her to break back. Some bonds are meant to shatter so the right ones can form.