"You're an omega. This was never going to work."
He believed that. She made sure it was the last time anyone ever said it to her.
Death is the price of loving the wrong wolf.
In Silverpine, the law is clear. An Alpha does not mate an omega. The punishment is swift and final.
Freda Anderson learned that truth under the Harvest Moon. One reckless night. One impossible bond. One Alpha who swore he would fight for her, then stood before his pack and called her a mistake.
She walked away with nothing but her pride and a secret growing inside her.
Five years later, she is no longer the broken omega they cast aside.
Now she is Freda Anders. Mediator. Negotiator. The woman powerful packs call when war is at their door. She steps into impossible rooms and walks out with signed agreements. She built herself into someone no one can silence. No one can shame. No one can discard.
She just never expected Silverpine to be the client.
A territorial dispute threatens to drag the pack into open bloodshed. Desperate, they reach beyond their borders for the best in the business. They do not know who she used to be. They do not know what she carries with her.
They do not know that the quiet boy at her side has the Alpha’s golden eyes.
And Lucian does not know that the child staring back at him carries his blood.
Five years of silence. Five years of secrets. Five years of a bond that refused to break.
The truth is coming home.
And this time, Freda is not the girl he rejected.
She is the reckoning.