Lily Hayes, a cook’s daughter, once saved young Alpha Ethan and awakened their Fated Bond. Fifteen years later he rejects her for a political marriage, turning her into his secret mistress before she dies in exile.
Reborn on the night of the Bond Ceremony, Lily publicly rejects Ethan instead. Banished and alone, she is taken in by the legendary Northern War God, Alpha Marcus. Her cooking heals him, and for the first time she is chosen—not claimed.
As the rejected Bond begins to destroy them all, Lily must decide: return to fate… or claim the man who truly loves her.
