Summary
"I, Damen Phoenix, reject Asteria Griffin as my mate," he looked into the gorgeous blue eyes of her and said heartlessly. Her blue eyes turned moist with hurt and disbelief."
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On her eighteenth birthday, Asteria Griffin finally awakens her wolf and steps into the moment she has dreamed of her entire life—meeting her fated mate. But instead of destiny’s blessing, she receives destiny’s cruelest wound. Damen Phoenix, the future Alpha she has admired since childhood, rejects her the instant their bond is revealed. Calling her weak, unworthy, and a failure, he shatters both her heart and her wolf’s spirit.
Yet beneath Damen’s cold cruelty lies a torment he refuses to share: a prophecy, a nightmare, and the fear that accepting Asteria will lead to her death. Driven by a desperate need to protect her, he pushes her away—even as their mate bond drags him back to her again and again.
