Two Years Ago:

I clenched my hands and bit my lip to stop the tears from falling. "I'm not going anywhere. He still needs me."

"Needs you?" The woman who called herself Luna scoffed.

"Don't be delusional, Lily. You were never anything more than a... temporary distraction."

"Why don't you save yourself the embarrassment and just leave?"

Now:

Alpha Marcus's grip on my wrist was desperate. Our son clung to my chest, his tiny face buried in my neck as the man who’d shattered us choked out his plea:

"It wasn’t what you think! I had no choice—"

"Don’t freeze me out. I miss... I miss how soft you used to be."

******

After a devastating accident leaves Alpha Marcus Steel paralyzed, his long-time friend Lily Vance steps in to care for him. Though secretly in love with Marcus, her heart shatters when he publicly rejects her for Selene Monroe, his chosen mate. Unbeknownst to Lily, Marcus’s rejection was part of a larger plan to expose the treachery of his brother, Lucas, and Selene, who conspire to overthrow him.

Heartbroken and humiliated, Lily leaves the pack, soon discovering she is pregnant with Marcus’s child. She chooses to keep the pregnancy a secret, determined to stay away from the man who broke her heart.

Two years later, their paths cross again when Marcus, encounters Lily and their son. Old feelings resurface, but so do new dangers. As Marcus unravels the depth of Lucas and Selene’s betrayal, Lily becomes the unwilling pawn in their deadly game. Marcus must fight not only to reclaim his pack and exact revenge on his enemies, but also to win back the trust of the woman he loves and the son he never knew existed.

In a web of betrayal, power plays, and passion, Marcus and Lily must navigate their shaky past to protect their family and the future of the pack. But as secrets are revealed and enemies close in, love may be their only chance for survival.