Her Rival Alpha

Nine years ago Ronan Vey rejected Sloane Kestrel on a bridge over a creek in front of their training camp, and she has been beating him at everything ever since. She runs the Blackstone pack in the mill district, he runs Vey-Ash up the river, and the two of them have spent a decade disagreeing loudly at every council meeting. Now the northern packs are forcing a merger, and the charter says the two candidates have to live under one roof for ninety days, split every decision, and hunt together. Ronan moves into her spare room. He cooks. She moves his boots. Every argument is a rematch and every rematch is a bad idea. When a rival pack raids the mill, the fight is real, and so is the blood they lose defending it side by side. This enemies-to-lovers shifter romance doesn't heal the rejection — it settles it, in writing, at the county clerk's office, with a signature both of them renew every year.