He rejected her in front of the entire pack. Now the only one who can save it is the woman he threw away.
Eight years ago, Alpha-heir Kade Ashgrove stood before the Moon Pack and refused his fated mate.
Tamsin Reyes lost her mate, her home, and her mother’s last month on earth.
Now the Moon Pack’s forest is ash. Thirty-one wolves burned behind a chained door, and the Alpha who survived can’t remember an hour of that night. The pack whispers that he lit the fire himself.
Tamsin comes back with a badge, a grudge, and a rare gift. She can read the truth in ash.
She’s only here for the dead. She is not here for him.
But a rejected bond is supposed to die. Theirs just burns hotter.
Under pack law, she must be sheltered on his land. Under one roof, in a valley full of grief, she learns the truth about the night that broke her. It doesn’t fix anything, because he chose for her once and she will never be chosen for again.
Someone planned this fire for years, and they needed Tamsin here to finish it.
The blood moon is rising. The pack is wavering. And the only way to stop what’s coming is to trust the one wolf who broke her.