Moon's Betrayal: The Alpha's Forbidden Mate

Aurora Kane has spent six years as the Northern Pack's Beta, defending their borders and earning respect through blood and loyalty. She's also spent those same years watching her Alpha, Ryker, promise her a mate bond that never comes. He says the timing isn't right. He says she needs to prove herself more. She believes him because he saved her life once, and she owes him everything. Then the annual Peace Summit happens. Neutral ground. All five regional packs gathering under the full moon to prevent war. Aurora stands guard while Ryker negotiates inside, and that's when she smells him. Sandalwood and storm. The scent hits her like lightning, and her wolf howls one word: MATE. She follows the pull through the crowd and finds him. Ash Blackthorn. Alpha of the Southern Pack. Her sworn enemy. The man whose pack killed her parents fifteen years ago. The one wolf in the entire world she's supposed to hate. Their eyes meet. The mate bond slams into place. And Aurora's world shatters. Because Ash feels it too. His silver eyes go wide with shock, then hunger, then something that looks like devastation. They stand frozen while chaos erupts around them because someone saw. Someone always sees. Ryker drags her away, fury radiating off him. In front of the entire Summit, he announces that Aurora has been "compromised by enemy influence" and strips her of her Beta title. The humiliation burns, but worse is his final declaration: "You're banned from Northern territory until you break this false bond. The Moon Goddess doesn't make mistakes like this." Except she does. And Aurora is living proof. Ash offers her sanctuary. Not because he's kind, but because fate bound them together and he refuses to let his mate suffer alone. She accepts because she has nowhere else to go, and because every instinct screams that this dangerous Alpha is hers. They have thirty days before the next full moon, when the mate bond will either complete or drive them both insane with need. Thirty days to figure out if love can end a fifteen year war, or if their packs will destroy them both for daring to choose each other. Aurora thought being Beta was her destiny. She was wrong. Her destiny has silver eyes, a ruthless reputation, and absolutely no intention of letting her go. Some bonds are worth burning the whole world down for.