Leah Jefferson

Ten years after Nathaniel Ramirez publicly rejected me as his fated mate and banished me for being too weak, I returned to Blackthorn territory with ancient forbidden magic in my veins and one goal: destroy him. But the second our eyes met in that moonlit council chamber, the bond exploded hotter and darker than before, and the ruthless Alpha who broke my heart now looks at me like I'm the only one who can save his fracturing pack from a threat even he can't fight alone.

I spent thirty-two years hiding my pathetic half-shift until the council branded me the Vessel—one touch from my fated mate and an ancient bloodline explodes to life. Now every wolf on campus wants me, but none more than Desmond Ostrowski, the lethal Head Enforcer who's been watching me like prey for years. He's my mate. He's also the monster who swore he'd rather kill me than lose control of the beast inside him that craves my volatile power.

Five years after Dominic Delaney publicly rejected me as his fated mate and luna in front of the entire pack, I came back to Silver Hollow a woman he fears and craves in equal measure. Now the quiet librarian he called too weak is dismantling his alpha empire one brutal secret at a time, while the mate bond he tried to sever burns hotter than ever with every accidental touch and heated stare. The question is no longer whether I'll make him pay for breaking me—it's whether we'll destroy each other before we finally give in to the hunger neither of us can fight.