She Rejected Him to Marry the King

Isla, Alpha of the Frostfang Pack, publicly rejects her designated mate Kael beneath the full moon, dismissing him as wolfless before the assembled pack. She sets her sights on winning the Lycan King's Luna Trials, believing the crown offers greater power than the bond she severed. Kael offers only quiet acceptance before crossing the boundary stone into exile.

The authority Isla wields, however, was never inherently hers, and the monarch she courts stands far closer than she realizes. As the Luna Trials commence, the mate she discarded and the birthright she claimed begin to converge, forcing a confrontation where ambition collides with a hidden truth about her own legitimacy.