"I didn’t approach the most dangerous Alpha in the territory because I was brave. I did it because I was hoping he would kill me.”Silver Hayes spent her whole life hiding her pain behind a perfect smile. As a late-blooming Omega in a pack obsessed with strength, she learned early how to swallow humiliation, lower her gaze, and pretend the whispers didn’t hurt.Then her world shattered.During the sacred mate ceremony, her fated mate—the future Alpha of her own pack—publicly rejected her. In front of her family. In front of the entire territory. The rejection burned like poison, leaving Silver stripped of her dignity and drowning in shame.With nothing left to lose, and a death wish on her lips, Silver accepts Logan Thorns claim to be his mate. Logan Thorn, deadliest alpha in the whole of North America doesn’t believe in love, or the mate bond. To him, the fated mate bond is a curse that turns powerful wolves into desperate, irrational fools. He has spent years keeping everyone at arm’s length, ruling through fear, control, and brutal efficiency.But his elders are demanding a Luna, and Silver Hayes—broken yet fiercely pragmatic—looks like the perfect, safe investment.The rules are simple:Play the part.Share a suite.Never fall in love.At first, the arrangement is nothing but a lie wrapped in convenience. Silver gets protection and revenge. Logan gets a temporary Luna to silence his pack.But pretending becomes too dangerous when Stolen touches linger too long and Shared nights crack the walls neither plan for. In a world where lies are told and nothing is as it seems, Logan and Silver have to decide what really matters when old tales resurface and regret turns into obsession. The Rival’s Fake Mate will leave you questioning everything you know in the world of rejected mates, fake dating, rival Alphas, forced proximity, possessive heroes, jealous exes, pack politics, betrayal, scorching tension, and a love so fierce it could start a war—and end one.