Some bonds break you. Others ignite.

After four years with Ragon's pack, I'd fooled myself into believing I belonged. That my unbonded status was temporary, not terminal. That someday would come.

Ragon promised that if he didn't find his scent match in five years, he'd bond me into his pack and dissolve all possibility of finding one. I'd be their omega. Their one. Their only.

With just thirty days left on that clock, she walked in and shattered everything.

Marie carries the certainty I've never known -- claimed, wanted, theirs. Now I haunt the corners of what used to be my home, folding myself smaller each day, watching them orbit around her while I try not to break apart completely.

I know how this story ends. I've lived it before.

But now my instincts are waking up for the first time in weeks, and they're not crying out for the pack that's breaking me piece by piece.

They're crying out for the neighbors. For Alex's commanding presence. For Malcolm's fierce protection. For Finn's gentle certainty.

For the men who've been hiding in plain sight.

And when I finally discover why they've been watching me so carefully -- why they moved in next door, why they've stayed on blockers, why they seem to know exactly when I need them...

The truth won't set me free.

It will break me all over again.

A dark omegaverse romance about trauma, trust, and the devastating difference between being kept and being chosen.

This book is dark and emotional. Vee's journey is long and hard and continues in book two. Please check content warning at the back of the book for more information but beware of spoilers.

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• Publication Date: February 2, 2026
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• Print Length: 575 Pages
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