I was called wolfless and useless. A mistake my pack tolerated out of pity. On my 23rd birthday, the night I was supposed to be marked by my mate, I lost everything instead. My mate rejected me in public and I was framed by my cousin for conspiring with the enemy pack, which I never did. I was humiliated, beaten, and cast out as a traitor but fate wasn’t done with me. The most feared Alpha in the realm stepped forward when no one else did. He claimed me under his protection, pulled me into his pack, and awakened something buried deep inside me.