Willow Blackwood’s world was measured in pain. Sold by her own father to a ruthless Alpha who wanted her healing power and her womb, she spent seven years enslaved in an underground gladiator ring—forced to mend broken warriors while her own spirit shattered. The night her unborn child dies in her arms, Willow dies with him. But death is not the end. She wakes five days before the mating ceremony that would bind her to the monster who destroyed her life. This time, she will not kneel. She escapes into human territory, hiding her wolf and her gift—until she stumbles into the territory of a guarded Alpha with scars of his own. Damian lost everything to a mate’s betrayal. He doesn’t trust fate. Willow knows fate is real. And when the bond ignites between them, it threatens to ignite a war. Because the Alpha who once claimed her still believes she belongs to him. He will challenge her. He will hunt her. He will try to take her back. But Willow is no longer the broken girl he once owned. And this time, she chooses who she stands beside.