Fate never asked for permission.
Calix Hannes has spent his entire life preparing to become the next Alpha of the Clearwater Pack. Strength. Duty. Sacrifice. Those are the only things that matter.
Then the Moon Goddess chooses his destined mate.
Not the daughter of an Alpha.
Not a powerful she-wolf.
But the human orphan his own pack rescued years ago.
Bound by fate but chained by responsibility, Calix commits the one act his wolf can never forgive.
He rejects her.
Yet some bonds cannot be severed.
As old enemies rise, hidden truths surface, and the fragile peace between packs begins to crumble, Calix discovers that rejecting his mate may have been the greatest mistake of his life.
Because the Moon Goddess has not abandoned their bond...
...and destiny is far from finished with them.