I survived exile. I might not survive wanting my stepbrother. He's my fated mate who rejected me—and now he's my boss… acting like he gets a second chance. I was eighteen when the pack exiled me for being the only wolf who couldn't shift. Years later, the pack calls me back—and I return because of him. Darius Moonvale. My stepbrother. The Alpha heir. The only boy who was ever kind to me—until he stood beside his father and called me weak. I expected cold indifference when I came home. I didn't expect a groveling Alpha to want me back. His apology language? Absolute, ruthless obsession. Draping me in diamonds and designer dresses. Surprising me with a puppy because he knows I'm lonely. Taking a brutal, bloody beating from his father just to shield me from the pack's wrath. But the worst part? My wolf is finally waking up—hungry and aching for the man who ruined me. He used to call me weak. Now, he'd start a war to keep me. I came back to prove I didn't need him. But fate had other plans. The mate bond I thought was dead? It's alive. Burning. Demanding. And my stepbrother—the man who broke my heart six years ago—is determined to prove he's changed. Except his enemies want me gone. His pack thinks I'm not good enough. And someone's threatening the baby I'm carrying. They think I'm still that broken girl they exiled. They're about to find out how wrong they are.