The Alpha King's Stray

Left on the icy steps of a pack house as a newborn, Elara grows up as the outsider the wolves tolerate but never truly accept. The old Alpha shields her, even loves her like his own-but when he dies, her fragile place in the pack collapses. Demoted to the bottom rung, dismissed as weak, she learns to live without touch, trust, or a name that matters. Then the Alpha King walks into her life. He is power and command, moon-crowned and merciless to his enemies. To Elara, he's something more dangerous: the mate destiny chose. With scars on her skin and secrets in her bones, Elara must decide whether to surrender to a bond that terrifies her-or defy a crown that could crush her.