For three years, Claire Morgan waits for Alpha heir Caleb Voss to complete their mate bond, selling her father's keepsakes and working nights just to afford the rising unbonded fee. On her ninety-ninth request, she learns Caleb has been delaying the bond on purpose, certain she will never leave. Claire finally refuses to pay, and the Pack Council assigns her to Adrian Hale—Caleb's former instructor. Adrian is reserved and painfully proper, but his quiet care reveals that he prepared a way to protect Claire long before she arrived. By the time Caleb realizes he has truly lost her, Claire has rebuilt her life, found success through her art, and chosen a mate who never asks her to wait until next year.
