The Alpha's Contract Mate: A Dark Secret Baby Fated Mates Shifter Romance

Seven years ago, Stephen Summers kissed me like I was destiny.

Turns out, I was just the consolation prize in a stupid dare—a stand-in for the “savior” he thought saved his life.

Then the night everything snapped, I was taken.

Dragged into the kind of nightmare only pack elites can afford to hide.

And it ended the same way my trust did—with me plunging into the sea and disappearing with a secret growing inside me.

Now I’m back in New York, walking into glass-and-steel power games and wolf politics that still taste like blood. Because my father is dying, and the price to keep him breathing is more than I can pay.

Stephen’s offer is simple.

One year. Under his roof.

In his territory.

In his bed—on paper.

I’ll play his lover for the board, the pack, the coming Solstice gala… and the enemies circling like rogues in the dark. He wants a Luna-shaped fix to a war he’s losing. I want money and a clean exit.

But the moment I breathe him in—spice, earth, Alpha—my wolf wakes up angry.

Because Stephen doesn’t just remember my mouth.

He remembers my scent.

And his wolf doesn’t want a contract.

It wants a claim.

The problem?

He’s not the only one pulling at me.

There are Lycans with Moonflower ink and violence in their smiles… and a fake savior who’s ready to wear my life like a crown.

And if Stephen finds out the truth—

That the little girl I call mine has his eyes, his wolf… his blood—

This won’t be a second chance.

It’ll be a war.

Because my secret doesn’t just change everything.

It bites back.

A full-length standalone fated mate romance