Prolouge 

The moon goddess must have hated me .

Why else would she give me a mate...only to let him destroy me moments later?

The night of the mating ceremony was bright -the kind that gives you happy endings.

And I thought I was living mine..

When Ethan blackthorn stepped toward me , the world held it's breath. His eyes found mine and the mate bond snapped into place like a violent spark, burning through my chest .

I thought I got everything I ever wanted. A mate who'll want me and a happy like but I got the Fate and destiny that was meant for me.

I saw something else in his gaze instead of the acceptance of mate bond.

Fear.

Anger.

And a silent warning that chilled my bones.

"Aria nightwind" Ethan said, voice echoing across the pack grounds.

His jaw was clenched so tight that it looked painful.

His hands were trambling - not with desire, but with barely controlled rage.

Something was wrong .

But before i could speak, his voice rose, sharp and cold

"I reject you as my mate ."

The world collapsed in a single heartbeat.

Gasps erupted.

Pack mates stepped back .

Someone whispered that I wasn't worthy- weak ,nothing , no one.

My knees buckled.

Pain ripped through my chest like claws were tearing me apart ,it was unberable.

The bond snapped violently ,my wolf screamed inside me in agony of losing her mate.

I chocked out a sob .

"Ethan......why?"

Ethan didn't answer. 

His face was carved from stone, but his eyes - those eyes that should have softened for me were filled with something dark. something cold .

He glanced towards the elders and then his father .

And I understood .

He chose power, he chose being an alpha instead of me and the mate bond .

Ethan's voice cut the night like a blade ,

"I reject Aria with no remorse."

My heart shattered .

My wolf broke.

And Ethan...

He turned away before i hit the ground like i meant nothing to him.

Before I could take my last breath as his mate.

Before the darkness swallowed me whole......

I left the silvercrest pack that night.

A rejected mate.

A broken wolf.

A girl who once hoped for love but only found pain.

 

I swore I would never return.

Not even if the moon goddess herself demanded it.

But years later...fate pulls me back.

Wounded.

Weak.

Unable to heal anywhere except the place that destroyed me.

The silvercrest territory is the only land with the moon energy that will save my dying wolf. 

And when i cross the border...

Ethan feels it.

The bond he tried to kill awakens - broken ,burning, weak .

And the alpha who threw me away..

Is the first one to fall to his knees....