The Ash of His Rejection

Nessa Vane was never meant to be seen. A gutter wolf in the Coldridge pack, she mends nets and sleeps in ash, dreaming of the Mating Moon that will pass her by. Then the Moon chooses her for Ronan, the Alpha's son — and Ronan chooses the throne instead. Rejected in front of the whole pack, Nessa runs into the pine barrens with silver in her blood and nothing left to lose. A human surgeon finds her half-dead at the border and stitches her back together without asking what she is. One winter later, Nessa has a coat, a scalpel, and a life no pack gave her. Then Ronan comes to her clinic, poisoned by silver, and the bond between them flares bright enough to burn. Nessa will save his life. She will not save his crown.