My sister stole the marriage everyone wanted, and my father forced me to marry Aldric, Redrock's feared Alpha—a man no woman wanted.
They thought they had ruined me.
They had no idea Redrock was drowning in gold—or that my "poor" husband was the hidden Alpha King.
I fell for him because he swore no one would ever choose for me again.
Then a deadly plague hit Stonecrown, and Aldric did exactly that.
He stripped me of my healer authority, locked me inside the palace, and left innocent wolves under Rowena's command.
So I escaped.
I found the cure, exposed the conspiracy, saved hundreds, and earned the High Luna Crown myself.
When the Alpha King finally knelt and begged me to come back, my answer was simple:
I still loved him.
But I would never choose him again.
