"She is defective. She is weak. I, Adrian , reject Mara as my mate and banish her to the Dead Lands." Those words destroyed my life. I wasn't just rejected by the future Alpha; I was thrown into the territory of the monsters to die. I waited for the end. I waited for the teeth and the claws. But the beast that found me didn’t kill me. He claimed me. Ronan is the Last Lycan—a creature of nightmare, scarred and terrifying. The world believes he is a monster, but he offers me a deal: "Give me your loyalty, and I will give you their heads." I thought I was saved. I thought I was safe. But when my true bloodline awakens—a rare, ancient power that can save the Lycan race from extinction—the very man who threw me away returns. Adrian doesn’t want a reunion. He wants my blood. He thinks I am still the weak girl who begged for his love. He is about to learn that the girl he rejected died in the woods. The woman coming back is a Queen