He chose her years ago. Fate chose me instead. Neither of us wanted this. I've spent my whole life invisible in Veyrath — too weak for the higher districts, too stubborn to disappear completely. I know my place. I keep my head down. I survive. Then the night of my first shift, everything falls apart. Because the bond that slams into me doesn't belong to some unmated wolf waiting in the shadows. It belongs to Kael Drayden — the Alpha's second, the most feared enforcer in Veyrath, and the man who stood in front of this entire pack six months ago and claimed Lyra Voss as his chosen mate. He has a life. A future. A woman who loves him. And now he has me — a problem he never asked for. He makes it clear from the very first moment. He will not break his vow. He will not acknowledge the bond. As far as he's concerned, I don't exist. Fine. Neither does he. But fate doesn't care about his vows. And the bond between us doesn't care that I'd rather chew my own arm off than want a man who's already taken.He It just keeps pulling. And pulling. And one day, he's going to stop fighting it. I just hope I still care by then.