Tinks Mom

"All my life, I've been the backup daughter. My sister Beatrice got everything—love, attention, the golden child treatment.I got leftovers and reminders I wasn't good enough. Until I discovered Niall,gorgeous Alpha from the neighboring pack,was my fated mate. Finally, my turn to be chosen. God, I was naive. Four years of engagement hell.Bleaching my hair to suit his tastes. Squeezing into tight dresses, playing his personal maid—only to hear I'd make a better servant than mate. All because his heart belonged to my sister. That night,I accidentally knocked over their picture frame. He slapped me. Hard. Said I'd never measure up to her. So I slapped him back, tore up their photo, and accepted rejection. I thought it was over. Until I caught them at the club, laughing about how pathetic my four years of trying had been. The whole engagement was their sick game. Drunk and furious, I did something reckless with my mysterious neighbor. Alpha Hudson —face carved by gods, danger in every perfectly tailored line. Most importantly, he's my ex's nemesis. So? Best s*x of my life. I thought it was a one-night stand to forget. Wrong Again. He's richer than Niall, more powerful than my family, and infinitely more dangerous. And he's not letting me go. This time, I won't be anybody's second choice."

"You kept our child from me." The words hit Aliyah like a blow. Five years of secrets—five years of hiding the truth—shattered in an instant. Asher Moretti knew. Aliyah Censori always believed she understood danger. She grew up around bikers, engines, leather, and men who ruled the road. But nothing prepared her for the moment she met her fated mate at twenty—a love so fierce the whole pack envied them. Until the betrayal that destroyed her. He posted her nudes. The bond between them snapped, and Aliyah's world collapsed. Heartbroken and alone, she walked away from the mate she once thought she would die for. Asher Moretti was mourning his wife that night—broken, empty, and desperate. At the club, grief pulled him into Aliyah's orbit again. One drink turned into many. One look turned into a night neither of them remembered clearly. Now, she's pregnant with his child. But facing him again uncovers a truth more dangerous than betrayal: Behind Asher's cold mask is a man shattered by fate, undefeated on the racetrack yet defeated by love… and by her. Their past ruined them. Their bond ties them. And their baby might be the one thing that forces them to face the truth they've run from for years.