Five Years Dead, Still his mateUpdated at Aug 16, 2026, 12:13
He dug her grave five years ago, but her scent still burns in his blood.Cassian Vex is the ruthless Alpha of the Iron Vipers, a feared outlaw motorcycle pack running the northern territory. For five years, he has lived as a cold, hollow shell after burying the girl he believed was his fated mate. He watched the dirt cover her body, sealing away the only person who ever saw the man beneath the monster.Everything shatters on a rainy night inside a neon-lit nightclub. Cassian catches a scent in the crowded room that stops his pulse: wild pine, ozone, and fresh rain. There, clearing sticky tables in a stained apron, is Odessa Wren. She is soft, curvy, and living as a human, yet she possesses the exact same eyes and crescent birthmark as his dead mate. But when he traps her against the bar, her eyes hold no recognition. She does not know his name, she does not feel the mate bond, and she has no idea werewolves even exist.Obsessed and desperate for answers, Cassian hauls her into his world to unravel the truth. What he uncovers is a dangerous web of witch magic, altered flesh, and stolen memories. But the secret behind her resurrection is a death sentence. Odessa did not die in an accident five years ago. Her surviving relatives erased her mind and hid her in plain sight because she discovered a horrific truth: Cassian’s own motorcycle club massacred her entire family, and she was the only one left alive.