Adelle C

Everyone in the Silvercrest Pack knew there was something wrong with Elara Vale. At twenty-three, she had never shifted, never heard the voice of her wolf, and never possessed the strength expected of a werewolf. She had learned to live with the whispers and the pity because there was one thing she had always believed was certain: Adrian Blackthorn, the future Alpha of Silvercrest, was her mate. On the night Adrian is supposed to claim her as his Luna, Elara walks into the ceremony expecting her life to finally begin. Instead, Adrian arrives with her half-sister on his arm and rejects Elara in front of the entire pack. Humiliated and heartbroken, she has a choice: beg the man fate chose for her to reconsider, or walk away with the only thing he hasn't taken from her—her dignity. Elara accepts his rejection. She has no idea that breaking the mate bond will also break the seal that has kept her true nature hidden for twenty-three years. For the first time in her life, Elara hears her wolf. Around her, other wolves begin to bow without understanding why. Hundreds of miles away, Kael Draven feels it too. The feared Alpha King has spent his entire life believing he was one of the rare wolves born without a destined mate. Then a bond he never knew existed suddenly comes alive, leading him straight to the woman another Alpha was foolish enough to reject. Kael may be a King, and fate may insist that Elara belongs beside him, but she has already learned what happens when she allows an Alpha to decide her worth. If Kael Draven wants her, being her mate won't be enough. He will have to earn her.