She thought fate had finally chosen her…until it humiliated her in front of an entire pack. Marked as the Alpha’s destined mate, Jaci was cast aside the moment he decided she was unworthy of standing at his side. Branded weak. Replaced without mercy. The bond that should have protected her nearly destroyed her instead. So she vanished. What the Alpha never learned was that she left carrying more than heartbreak…she carried his heirs. Years later, Jaci returns not as the fragile wolf he rejected, but as the feared leader of a rising rogue faction, her power whispered about in every territory. She wants nothing from the pack that broke her… until enemies close in and her children become targets. Now the same Alpha who shattered her must face a bond that never truly died…one that burns him with agony for every year he lost her. To protect his blood and reclaim what fate never released, he’ll have to kneel, bleed, and beg. But some wounds don’t heal easily… and some second chances come with a price paid in blood.