“Mate.” The word nearly strangled Maya the moment she heard it. After twenty-two years of silence, her wolf had finally spoken — and it was because of him. Lucien Thawne. Alpha of the Lyncs Pack. The man who carried the weight of a bloodline her father had burned to ash. What should’ve been a blessing felt more like a curse. Lucien rejected her. But the bond between them didn’t snap, it clung to her bones, stubborn and alive. As old wounds bleed into new wars and a rogue pack rises from the shadows, Maya and Lucien are left with a brutal choice: Hold onto hate… or surrender to the pull neither of them can fight. But when betrayal cuts deeper than any claw, and loyalty is torn apart, one truth remains: Love might save them, or it might burn them both to the ground.