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In a world where love is tangled with betrayal, Lunessa stands on the brink of heartbreak and vengeance. Nineteen times, the Moonbinding Ceremony has been postponed, each delay wrapped in tragedy and deceit, leaving her questioning everything she thought she knew about the man she once adored. As the future Alpha of the Blackspire Pack, Draven was her childhood protector, but now he has become the architect of her despair, choosing his first mate over the bond they once shared.
With her grandmother's lifeless body haunting her and her father's fate hanging by a thread, Lunessa finds herself at the mercy of a cruel twist of fate. Can she navigate the treacherous politics of the pack and the weight of her love for Draven, or will she have to sever the ties that bind her to a future filled with shadows? As she hatches a plan to escape, the stakes rise, and the wolves around her grow restless.
Will Lunessa find the strength to reclaim her destiny, or will she be trapped in a game of loyalty and love, where the price of freedom is the very essence of her heart? In this tale of sacrifice and deception, every choice could lead to liberation—or ruin.
19 Times Postponed Mating Ceremony, the Alpha Lost His LunaChapter 1
On the day of my nineteenth Moonbinding Ceremony with Draven, future Alpha of the Blackspire Pack, my grandmother collapsed—struck down by a sudden heart failure during a surge of moon energy.
My mate's first moon mate—Myrielle, desperate to prove herself as the youngest Heartmender in the kingdom—slipped into the healing chamber without reporting to the Elders.
But the treatment failed. My grandmother didn’t wake up after that.
When my father knelt at the gates of the Moonspire healer-sanctum, begging the High Healers for justice, masked wolves dragged him into the shadows, shoved a hood over his head and beat him until both his legs shattered.
Anger overwhelmed me. I headed to the Moon Guard outpost to report Myrielle, but on the way, Draven’s wolf-drawn carriage hit me hard.
My ribs snapped. Bones splintered. I was rushed into the Main Healer chamber, half-conscious, icy moonlight flickering above me.
As the healers pushed my bed down the stone passageway, I heard one of Draven’s pack brothers murmur casually,