The Alpha's Substitute Finds Her Fated King

For five years, Emma has waited for Jack, an Alpha, to mark her at their Mate Ceremony. The day before the ceremony, she finds his credit card statements: sixty-three flights to the same destination, one every month, and every gift he gave her bought in duplicate, the pricier one shipped to Violet, his first love. Every violet-themed trinket he ever gave her suddenly makes sense.

Without a word, Emma packs her bags and calls Anderson, a trusted Beta and old friend of her father, to arrange a move to a new city. When Jack comes home with a chocolate cake she is allergic to and a violet pendant, she says nothing, tosses the cake and her keepsakes, and plans her flight out.

Then Jack's friend calls: Jack is drunk and calling Violet's name. Emma goes to the bar one last time and sees Jack gazing at Violet with a joy she never knew. Destiny, her inner wolf whispers, has other plans for her true fated mate.