I was destined to be his.
He was supposed to choose me.
Instead, he broke the one bond neither of us could escape.

I never believed a single night could change my entire life.

Until I met him.

Adrian Draven was everything I should have feared. The powerful Alpha everyone respected. The man who carried the weight of an entire pack on his shoulders. The stranger who made me forget every reason I had ever been afraid to trust someone.

For one night, I let myself believe I had finally found the person meant for me.

Then fate revealed the truth.

He was my fated mate.

And he rejected me.

The man who was supposed to recognize my soul looked at me and decided I was a weakness he could not afford.

So I walked away.

I rebuilt my life without him. I learned how to stand on my own. I became someone who no longer needed the man who broke my heart.

But Adrian never truly let me go.

Years later, he comes back with regret in his eyes and a promise on his lips.

He says he was wrong.

He says he will spend forever proving I was never something to sacrifice.

But how can I trust the heart of the man who once shattered mine?

Because the bond between us never disappeared.

The attraction never faded.

And the hardest truth I have to face is this:

I still love the Alpha who rejected me.

Now he must prove that I am not just his destined mate.

I am the woman he chooses.