Prologue
Alaric's POV
I ruined it. My second chance with her, I f*****g ruined it!
My wedding, the engagement, my relationship with my fiancée, I ended it all because of her. I damned the consequences of breaking a marriage alliance, but in the end, none of it mattered.
She hated me and chose him instead....
Six years ago, I rejected my mate, Samantha, watched her crushed from the effect of the breaking of the mate bond. She begged for mercy, but I walked away.
Now she had returned to our pack, Ravenfur, as the most important person: a medical doctor, the only one who could save us from the disease that plagued us, caused by poisonous bites of rogues.
In her story, I was the villain, but in reality, I did what I did to save her.
Seven years ago, a year before I rejected my mate, I
