I swore off packs. Then three men made me break the promise.

After losing everything, I rebuilt my life around work, routine, and walls no one gets past. Trust already cost me my pack and my future to Auren, the Omega who took it all.

Now I run a construction crew in Pinecrest with long days, no complications, and plenty to fill my alone time.

Then three men tip all of my hard-won peace on its head.

Jared is young, earnest, and far too easy to want. Grady feels like a safe space. And Leif, the big Omega I step in to protect from harassment, keeps his distance.

When a viral video brands Jared a predator, I know it’s wrong. And when he has nowhere else to go, I break the promise I made to myself.

I bring him into my home.

Now Jared is under her roof, the island’s rumor mill is in overdrive, and Emily’s protective instincts are at war with her fear of being hurt again. When Auren’s sudden concern turns into interference, Emily must decide if she is strong enough to trust again or destined to lose the new pack she has just begun to find.

I swore I’d never trust another Alpha. Then Emily Wilson walked into my life.

Leaving Carson Hale behind was supposed to be the end of it. I filed the report, quit my job, and rebuilt my life somewhere quiet. Pinecrest is the kind of small town where no one knows my past, and that’s exactly how I like it.

Then Carson shows up again.

First for a weekend summit. Then as the new head of Pinecrest Academy, where the girl in my care is about to start school and where Carson suddenly has every opportunity to corner me all over again.

After Carson, I promised myself I’d never let another Alpha close enough to control my life.

But Emily Wilson isn’t like Carson.

She offers strength without control. Protection without oppression. Piece by careful piece, she breaks down the walls I built to survive until I can’t ignore the pull between us or the way her growing pack feels like somewhere I might finally belong.

When Carson’s attention threatens the fragile peace I’ve built in Pinecrest, though, I’m forced to make a choice.

Running away again to protect myself.

Or staying and risking the one pack that could become my home.

As a Beta, I never thought I’d join a pack. Then Emily made me want more. But my family already chose my future.

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