Astrid dedicated her life to Leon, believing in their love, their pack, their future. But the devastating return of her sister, Clara, as Leon's destined mate, shatters Astrid's carefully constructed world. Betrayal cuts deep, leaving Astrid stripped bare and forced to confront a horrifying truth: her loyalty was misplaced, her sacrifices meaningless.

Just as despair threatens to consume her, Kaeleen, a magnetic and rebellious Alpha from a rival pack, storms into her life, igniting a forbidden passion that challenges everything she thought she knew. He offers her a chance to escape the suffocating control of her past, to claim a life of her own, a life where she is the priority.

But Leon won't relinquish his prize so easily. Obsessed and dangerously possessive, he unleashes a storm of violence and manipulation, determined to drag Astrid back into the darkness. Now, Astrid must make a desperate choice: succumb to the chains of her past, or embrace the dangerous allure of a love that could save her... or ignite a war that will consume them all.

Her voice, soft and slightly breathless through the speaker, washed over me like a warm tide, extinguishing the last embers of my anxiety. The frantic, restless energy that had propelled me out of Alex's office evaporated, leaving me feeling boneless with relief. I leaned back against the cool wall of the hallway, my eyes closing for a brief second as I just savored the sound of her saying my name. It was confirmation. It was real.


"Astrid," I managed to say, my own voice thicker with emotion than I intended. I cleared my throat, trying to sound like the calm, collected Alpha I was supposed to be, and not the anxious wreck I'd been five minutes ago. "Hi."


A sound that was half-laugh, half-sob came from her end of the line. "Hi," she replied, her voice filled with a happy, watery amusement. "I… I tried to find the right words to text you, but they all felt too small. Nothing seemed big enough."


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