My Alpha mate's former flame walked in, clinging to his arm, and she was not only back, she was pregnant. The illusion of my three-year reign as the perfect Luna shattered.

For years, I had been a pawn, an orphan bartered to secure an alliance. I had played my part flawlessly. No more.

“Sever the mate bond. Now,” my voice cut through the tension, shocking everyone with its defiance. Alexander sneered, convinced I was bluffing. “You won’t give up being Luna.”

However, he had no idea who he’d truly married. He didn’t know of the fierce pack that raised me, and my legendary Shadow Alpha King brother who has been hunting for me since the day I disappeared.

But my brother, Roman, just found me. As our eyes meet, a forbidden mate bond flares to life, replacing one cage with another. His voice is a low growl, his eyes blazing with unanswered questions: “You have five minutes to tell me why you ran.”