Seven years ago, Lyra Stone lost everything in a single night.

The man she loved—the Alpha fate had chosen as her mate—rejected her before the entire pack. With her name stained by accusations she was never allowed to defend herself against, Lyra walked away from Blackridge and built a new life on her own.

Then she discovered she was pregnant.

Now Lyra is forced to return to the territory she swore she would never call home again when her six-year-old son is poisoned near the Blackridge border. The moment Alpha Kade Wilder sees the boy, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.

He has a son he never knew existed.

But Kade quickly realizes that discovering his child is only the beginning. Someone buried the truth, manipulated the past, and may now be willing to hurt an innocent child to protect secrets that could shake the pack to its foundation.

Kade wants a second chance, but apologies are not enough. If he hopes to earn a place in Lyra's life—and in his son's—he will have to prove that the Alpha who once chose power over love is gone.

Because Lyra has already survived losing him once.

And this time, she refuses to let anyone decide her future for her.

A deeply emotional wolf-shifter romance filled with rejected mates, a hidden child, Alpha groveling, betrayal, pack politics, danger, healing, and a hard-earned second chance.