Kael Anderson lost his future mate and luna, Stephanie, during a rogue attack. Stephanie's death left his entire pack in mourning; her death anniversary was even declared a pack holiday.

Five years later, Kael discovers that Stephanie's younger sister Astrid is his mate. But how can that be? Wasn't Stephanie supposed to be his mate? And would his pack even accept Astrid as his mate and Luna-many have always blamed Astrid for Stephanie's death, because Stephanie died trying to save Astrid.

For her part, Astrid has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister for years. She knows very well that pack members and her parents wish that it was Astrid that died that day instead of Stephanie. Astrid had looked forward to the day that she would meet her mate and finally feel important to someone.

Discovering that her mate is Kael is Astrid's worst nightmare, especially when Kael reacts poorly to the discovery. Astrid decides that she is unwilling to live in Stephanie's shadow any longer. She will not spend the rest of her life with a mate who wishes she was someone else. She rejects Kael, who all too quickly accepts the rejection.

Soon afterwards, horrifying truths come out and Kael immediately regrets letting Astrid go. He sets out to get Astrid back and right the wrongs that have been done. But is it too late? Will Astrid find love with Kael, or with someone else?

That meant they had to be intentional and calculated about how they brought the issues to the council's attention.


It was eventually decided to use Kael's fake wedding to Sheila as a forum to publicly disclose all the evidence the Movement had and to publicly demand that the council intervene. Doing it in such a public setting would essentially force the council's hand—whether it was compromised or not. Indeed, that is why Stephanie and Sheila—despite my mother's influence and meddling—were currently on house arrest and facing the significant possibility of punishment from the council.


Kael also explained that, in an effort to avoid war and protect both their pack and their homes, members of the Movement planned to demand that the council install Kael as Alpha in place of his father. The Movement had originally hoped I would be standing alongside Kael when he made the takeover demand, but Kael had refused to ask me to get involved.


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