The mate bond was never broken.
It was waiting.
For generations, the wolves have been fading. Fewer children are born each year. The ancient bond meant to guide them toward balance has gone silent, and with it, the future of their kind.
Valyra is a warrior without a bond and without expectation of one. When a chance arises to uncover the truth behind their decline, she volunteers - not because she believes she is special, but because there is nothing tying her to fate.
The journey leads her and a small group of wolves toward an ancient place older than their people, where magic once flowed freely through the world. What they awaken there proves the bond still works, but at a terrible cost.
When the ritual offers a choice, it is Valyra who must decide: claim a future meant for two, or surrender it to save them all.
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The Offering is a quiet epic fantasy about sacrifice, choice, and the price of survival. It is not a story of destiny fulfilled, but of destiny refused and the consequences that follow when one life becomes the first payment for a world that is not finished yet.