Twelve years of love, loyalty, and promises—shattered in one gunshot moment. Aria thought she knew what love meant: sacrifices, patience, blind faith in the man she'd called her fiancé for over a decade. But on Valentine's Day, with a gun pointed in their direction, Liam instinctively shielded his ex, Sophia—while Aria was left bleeding and invisible. "You almost died!" "And he didn't even look at me, Lili. He wrapped his arms around her like I was nothing." Torn between heartbreak and dignity, Aria makes a bold move—marrying Liam's wealthy rival, Aiden Carter, in an impulsive act of revenge. But Aiden is more than a rebound. He's powerful, possessive, and unexpectedly protective—and he plays for keeps. Now caught between a love that failed her, and a man who may demand more than she's ready to give… Aria's heart faces the ultimate reckoning. Will she finally become someone's first choice—or lose herself trying?

Mate. Something every werewolf looks forward to. The thought of finding someone tailor-made by the moon goddess for you alone in the entire world is exhilarating. At least it was for me. For a while. I waited for what felt like forever. Everyone finds their mate once they turn eighteen. I'll be eighteen in a few days. I wanted to keep myself for my mate. To be pure but who was I kidding. Nobody could have prepared me for who my mate was. Not even my adoptive parents. The alpha's son. Maverick Tatum. The same boy I used to think of as a scum after watching how he treats the female in the pack. That same boy was my mate. I'm Ares Powers. My parents said they found me in the woods with my name engraved in the wood of the beads I was wearing. They have tried taking off the beads multiple times when I was growing up. They couldn't. They took me to the pack seer and he said only my true mate can help me remove the beads and unlock my wolf's highest potential. I wonder why my birth parents would want to keep my powers locked. The day I found out Maverick was my mate was the same day he rejected me. In front of everyone. The next day, I was banished from the pack. I swore to get my revenge then. But until then, I have to find a way to unlock my wolf's full potential because my mate turned out to be unreliable.

Allison lost the baby. She had loved Alpha Lucian for nine long years. To marry him, she fast-tracked her graduation, and for two years she endured his coldness, his absences, and his indifference in silence. The day she miscarried, all she wanted was a sliver of comfort. Instead, he hung up on her. Moments later, Allison spotted him in the same hospital corridor with Heidi. His hand tenderly placed on her shoulder, his voice gentle and soothing as he comforted her. "Don't worry. I'm here." In that moment, Allison finally understood. In Lucian's eyes, she had never been his wife. Only a pawn. Her heart shattered. She asked for a divorce. After leaving the loveless marriage, Allison threw herself into work. The woman once mocked by everyone rose like a phoenix, building a billion-dollar empire with her own hands. But the divorce papers never came. And the Alpha who once treated her like a stranger? He began appearing everywhere she went—watching, waiting, refusing to let her go. After a charity gala, Allison was heading to her car when a tall figure suddenly blocked her path. The cold and untouchable Alpha cornered her against the wall, his voice hoarse with desperation. "Baby, come home with me." Allison only smiled. "Alpha Lucian, don't call me that.We're already divorced." "I'm single now."