In 1910 New Orleans, Sister Selene Haydel - a Creole nun haunted by a past she views as sinful - prays with a desperation that draws the actual God down from heaven. It appears to her as a shape-shifting, jealous presence named Eli, first as a friend, then a lover, then an obsession. When Selene becomes pregnant with a divine child meant to bind her to God forever, she realizes her devotion has become a sacred prison. Unable to live eternally watched, owned, and rewritten by divine love, she drowns herself and the child in the Mississippi - her final refusal of God. In response, God - respecting her free will in life but vengeful in eternity - condemns her soul to hell, leaving New Orleans storm-wracked and mourning a saint who chose the river over heaven.
I only gave him one night.
One night to prove I wasn't just the human maid cleaning his mansion floors.
And by dawn, the Alpha shattered me. He rejected me, humiliated me, and chose another to wear the crown at his side. He never knew that night left me with more than scars.
It left me with a son.
Two years later, I'm not the weak girl who cried when he cast me aside. And I'm back not for him, but for my child. Kael thinks he can ignore the past. He thinks he can demand my forgiveness. But I don't care about his crown, or his throne, or the Luna who clings to him like she's untouchable.
All I care about is protecting my son.
And if the Alpha thinks he can claim us now... he'll learn that nothing is fiercer than a mother who refuses to be erased.
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