Sloane Vale, a prodigy women’s ice hockey forward, plays through a torn shoulder to win the college championship for Silverpine University. She expects her childhood friend and fated mate Kieran Hayes to mark her at the victory gala, only to be publicly rejected as he chooses her stepsister Celeste instead.
Lucian Blackwood, the Alpha heir of Blackridge Pack, steps in as her savior, registers as her chosen mate and promises she will return to the ice once healed. Sloane trusts him for three years—until she overhears the truth: he never intended to mark her, and has been benching her to keep Celeste in the spotlight.
Betrayed by two Alphas for the same woman, Sloane fakes her own death, assumes a new identity, and makes her way back to the rink. As an anonymous rookie, she shatters records and reclaims what is rightfully hers. When the truth comes to light, both men are consumed by regret. But Sloane no longer waits for anyone to choose her—this time, she chooses herself.
