Rejected by the Alpha's King

Synopsis

At the Awakening Ceremony, Omega Luna feels the mate bond snap to life—straight into the gaze of Alpha Prince Zane Blackwood. In front of the entire pack, he rejects her. The fallout is brutal: a body wracked by bond-sickness, a pack that feeds on rumor, and Sophia—the prince’s golden fiancée—staking her claim with weaponized smiles. But the rejection doesn’t behave like legend. Zane’s cruelty is public; his protectiveness is private. He kisses another and then catches Luna when she falls. He orders her to submit and pins her with a look that says mine. Caught between humiliation and the phantom pulse of a connection that refuses to die, Luna battles taunts, training-ground predators, and a hunger that feels like fate. When a storm breaks and Zane carries her from the rain with a whispered I’ve got you, Luna realizes the truth is more dangerous than a broken bond: something—or someone—is twisting the Alpha Prince against his own mate. To survive, she must choose between pride and forgiveness, secrecy and fire. Because if the Moon Goddess made a mistake, it wasn’t in pairing an Omega with a king—it was in underestimating the strength of a rejected heart.