Rejecting My Two-Hearted Alpha

The boy I grew up with, the one I had loved since I was a teenager, turned out to be my fated mate.

Under the Bloom Moon, in front of the entire pack, Tobias Thorne claimed me. The Alpha named me the future Luna. For one perfect night, every dream I ever had came true.

Then I walked into the old glass rose house and found him with my best friend.

Harper was his first love. She came home engaged to the heir of the rival pack across the ridge. Tobias told me his heart had two halves, and he had no plan to give either one up. I would be his Luna. She would be his secret. And everyone in the valley, even my own mother, told me to smile and endure it.

So under the Alpha Moon, before the entire pack, I said the words no one had spoken in a hundred years.

I reject you.

The bond tore out of my chest, and my wolf went silent. Now the valley hates me. The heir can’t take his seat. And his smiling uncle is waiting to take it by blood and by strength, even if he has to drag two packs into war to do it.

The only person who believes me is Gideon Wilder, the quiet heir across the ridge. He was betrayed by the same two people I was. There’s no bond between us and nothing pulling us together. Just choice.

But before I can choose anyone, I have to learn to choose myself.