BLURB: Everly Hart waited her whole life for the mate bond every wolf dreams of. When it finally snaps into place at eighteen, standing in front of the entire Blackridge Pack, her mate is none other than Kane Rourke, the coldest, most powerful Alpha their territory has ever known. He looks at her once, calls her weak in front of the whole pack, and rejects her on the spot. Humiliated and broken, Everly leaves Blackridge territory determined to become someone the world cannot dismiss. Three years later she returns, stronger, sharper, and leading her own small pack, only to find that the mate bond never actually died. Kane wants her back, but Everly is no longer the girl who begs to be chosen. This time, he will have to earn her, and the cost of his mistake may be higher than his pride can survive