"Kaelen, you coward!" I shouted, my voice slicing through the wind. "Come out and face me like a man!"

Moments later, his ranks began to part.

"Selene, my love," he said with a faint smile. "Am I to assume this is your... ill-fated attempt at surrender?"

I met his smile with one of my own. "Oh, darling, no. I simply wanted you to take a long, hard look at my face. I want the privilege of looking you in the eyes when I say this: this will be the last face you ever see."

With that, I turned my horse and rode back behind my banners.

"Prepare the lines," I called, my voice resolute. "Let the war begin."

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

On the night Selene was to be crowned Luna, her fated mate, the Alpha she had loved since childhood, publicly chose another.

Before the entire pack, he marked a foreign princess, casting Selene aside as “unworthy.”

Betrayed, humiliated and stripped of her son, Selene swore she would avenge.

When a rival Alpha, Draven of the Shadowfangs, offers her his hand, Selene accepts... not for love, but for revenge. Their union is dangerous, defiant, and forbidden… yet the fire between them is undeniable.

Now Selene is no longer the abandoned mate. She's a rising queen, torn between a cursed bond to the man who betrayed her and the intoxicating passion of the enemy who would burn the world for her.

But war is coming. The mate bond aches, the Moon Goddess herself schemes against her, and her son is trapped in the hands of her ruthless ex.

To survive, Selene must shatter destiny itself… even if it means defying gods, breaking bonds, and destroying the Alpha who once claimed her.

This isn’t fate. This is war.