The mate bond snapped into place like a golden thread pulling tight around Kiera Ashford's heart and for one perfect moment she believed her life was finally about to change. She stood in the center of the ceremonial circle under the full moon with five hundred wolves from the Silverfang Pack watching as Alpha Rowan Blackthorn walked toward her. His gray eyes locked onto hers and she felt the pull of destiny that the elders always talked about. This was it. This was the moment when everything she had endured for the past nine years would finally make sense.
Rowan stopped three feet away from her and his handsome face was unreadable. Kiera's heart pounded so hard she thought it might break through her ribs. Around them the pack waited in absolute silence because everyone could feel the energy crackling in the air. Everyone could sense that the moon goddess herself had spoken and declared these two souls as mates.
Then Rowan's lip curled into a sneer of disgust.
