She ran from a broken past into the arms of a stranger. She woke up marked, claimed, and married to a man she doesn't trust.
Avery watched her sister steal her chosen mate on the day she was supposed to be claimed. Broken and desperate, she fled into the night—and fell into the arms of a dangerous stranger whose scent triggered her mating heat. One forbidden night. One mark she never saw coming.
Now she's damaged goods, and her father's ultimatum is clear: find a husband or die.
Enter Alpha Gideon—cold, powerful, and terrifyingly familiar. He offers his name, his protection, and his cold, unreadable eyes. But something is wrong. Gideon knows things he shouldn't. He watches her like she's a puzzle he's already solved.
And when she finally demands the truth, he smiles and says:
"I've been looking for you since the night you ran from me."
She thought she was escaping her past. She was running straight into her fate.
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