The Day the Contract Ended, He Lost Her Forever

A werewolf has only one fated mate, yet the Alpha Derek refuses to acknowledge his. Because she is human, Chloe was forced to sign a humiliating breeding contract with the pack elders six years ago: bear an heir within a year for ten million, within three years for three million, and if no pregnancy comes within six years, she may not interfere with her husband's affairs. When Derek learns of the contract, he decides she married him only for the Thorn Pack's fortune, and he sets out to punish her.

He promotes his assistant Camilla and parades her at every gala, dancing with her and draping his cloak over her shoulders while the pack waits for Chloe to break. But Chloe no longer fights. She knows the contract's second page holds another clause: if no child is born within six years, either party may end the mate bond. With seven days left, she begins the final process, and the mate mark over her heart keeps burning.