On my eighteenth birthday the whole pack watched me shift for the first time. The mate bond snapped into place with the future Alpha-the same brutal golden boy who'd spent years making my life hell. I looked him dead in the eye and rejected him in front of everyone. Then I walked away. One year later I'm back. Stronger. Different. My wolf is ancient, rare, and hungry. Damon Sterling is Alpha now, bigger, meaner, and half-feral from the bond I shattered. He can't sleep. He can't fight without seeing my face. And the only way he keeps his pack from tearing itself apart is to drag me under his roof. Under his rules. No leaving without permission. No speaking unless spoken to. Sit at his right hand like the queen I refuse to be. He says I don't get to reject him twice. I say watch me. The bond still burns. Every fight, every stare, every accidental touch makes it worse. He's obsessed. I'm furious. And the second we crash together it won't fix anything-it'll destroy us both. She rejected the Alpha first. Now he's never letting her go.