When Elena’s fated mate, Alpha Damon, publicly rejects her to marry the Lycan Chairman’s daughter, he doesn't just shatter her heart—he frames her father for high treason to wipe out any remaining opposition. With less than forty-eight hours before her father's public execution, Elena makes a desperate move: she tracks down Prince Lucian Vane, the ruthless, exiled Rogue Prince of the Lycan Empire.Lucian needs a local bride from a noble lineage to claim his stolen birthright. Elena needs a dangerous man with legal authority to strip her ex-mate of his power. They strike a cold, transactional deal: thirty days of marriage in exchange for her father’s life. But when Alpha Damon realizes Elena has married the most dangerous Lycan alive and when the ancient, forbidden mate bond between Elena and the Rogue Prince begins to awaken a vicious war for dominance erupts. Elena is done playing the victim. If her ex wants a villain, she'll bring him the King.

"I, Alpha Connor Blackwood, reject you, Evelyn Vance, as my mate and Luna."On the eve of her mating ceremony, Evelyn surrendered everything to her mate, Alpha Connor, trusting his tearful promises of eternal love. Less than twenty-four hours later, he publicly stripped her of her rank, cast her out into a lethal winter storm, and replaced her with her scheming half-sister.Left to freeze in the wilderness, Evelyn didn't just survive—she carried a secret: she was pregnant with Connor’s triplets.Five years later, the Blood-Moon Pack is collapsing under a mysterious plague. Desperate, Connor begs the Imperial Court for aid, expecting an old physician. Instead, stepping out of the Royal carriage is Evelyn—now "Dr. Vane," Chief Surgeon of the Empire, radiant, powerful, and flanked by three protective genius pups.Connor’s wolf loses its mind with regret. He drops to his knees, begging for a second chance. But someone far more dangerous steps out behind her: Emperor Kaelen Volkov, the most ruthless Lycan alive, who pulls Evelyn to his chest and wraps his terrifying aura around her."She was your trash," the Emperor growls, eyes glowing lethal crimson. "But she is my Empress. Touch her again, and I erase your pack from the map."