In a pack where loyalty to your mate is law, falling for the wrong wolf could be deadly.

I never meant to fall in love with the Alpha.

The Blackwood pack had two rules.

Rule #1: Love is forbidden unless it’s with your fated mate.

For me, that meant keeping my stolen moments with Zane Blackwood, the Alpha, a secret. Our arrangement was simple: no strings attached, no promises, just mutual comfort and a temporary distraction while we waited for our destined mates.

Except, it wasn't simple.

Especially not when somewhere along the line, my stupid heart broke the cardinal rule.

I fell for him. Hard.

What happens when your heart leads you astray?

When I finally gathered the courage to confess my love to him, he shattered my world with a single revelation. He found his mate - my twin sister, Imara.

She was the person who taught me the meaning of hatred, the one person who I had despised for as long as I could remember.

Now, she had the one man I’d ever truly loved.

Bound by duty and honor, Zane couldn't reject his mate, so he broke my heart instead.

Rule #2: Breaking the rules means losing everything.

My heartache was nothing compared to the wrath of my sister when she discovered our secret. She demanded justice and retribution.

So I was exiled and cast out from the pack by the one man I thought could protect me.

Alone and heartbroken, I found refuge in a human town, trying to piece together a life from the ruins.

Just when I thought I could start anew, a startling realization shakes my ground once again.

I was pregnant with the Alpha's twins.

Now, I must protect my unborn children while navigating a world that was a far touch from home, and grapple with a heart that still yearns for a love that was never meant to be.

As I try to find the strength to forge a new destiny, the shadows of my past and the call of the pack threaten to haunt me forever.

And one day, I see him at my door again.

How do you build a future when the past refuses to let you go?

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Happily ever after (HEA).
Standalone novel.
Tropes: Forbidden romance, alpha's rejected mate, secret twin babies, grovel romance, fated mates, second chance love.