SYNOPSIS —Keal had one rule when it came to women.Stay away from him.As the second son of an Alpha, Keal already knew what being mated meant. Every Alpha and every son of an Alpha was destined to have only one woman—their fated mate.But Keal wanted nothing to do with it.He had built his company, Keal Holdings, from the ground up and created a life that belonged completely to him. He had no intention of letting a mate bond change that.Then Aria walked into his company.One look was all it took.Mate.They both knew instantly.But instead of accepting the bond, Keal walked away from her.Aria couldn't understand why the man who was supposed to be her other half wanted nothing to do with her.And Keal wasn't ready to admit the truth either.Because the moment Aria became his mate, she became the one person capable of breaking through every wall he'd built around himself.But their bond isn't the only secret surrounding the Alpha family.Keal's older brother—the future Alpha—once broke his own mate bond.No one knows how.Not even him.And now, as Aria steps deeper into Keal's world of wealth, power, business, and pack secrets, she may discover that being Keal's mate comes with a price neither of them expected.He doesn't want his mate.And she knows why.But fate has already chosen them.And fate doesn't ask for permission