Rejected by the Heir, Bound to the Exile

Rejected at the mating altar, Freya refuses to give the Alpha's heir the tears he wants. Instead, she invokes pack law and offers her hand to Bowen—the scarred exile everyone despises. He takes it. Banished to a ruined cabin on the snowy border, Freya asks for an honest home. As she tends Bowen's wounds, his quiet loyalty begins to feel like something she never expected: belonging. And the mate bond stirring between them makes their practical pact dangerously personal. Then the pack that cast her out comes to drag her back. Freya has built a life worth keeping—and Bowen stands beside her. With armed wolves closing around their cabin, what will it take to defend the choice they made together?