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Cassia Phoenix always dreamed her mate would be her refuge—the one to give her the home she never had, the life she craved. But fate is cruel, and dreams are lies wrapped in pretty promises.

When she finally finds her mate, it’s not salvation. It’s a sentence. 

He’s already claimed by another, and she's nothing more than a mistake he’s determined to erase. Every day, he reminds her that she is unwanted. Unworthy. Unloved.

Being an omega, She spent her life on the fringes of her pack, invisible and expendable. But this? This is worse. 

So she runs.

To Winter Lake, a place that shouldn’t exist, where the rules of the world don’t apply. There, she might find a sliver of peace—if her mate doesn’t hunt her down, and if the powerful alpha of this forbidden pack doesn’t discover the truth about who she is. About what she is.

Staying is dangerous. Impossible, even. But then there’s him. The brown-eyed shifter who saves her from the storm, whose strength and promises make her question everything she thought she knew about fate, loyalty, and belonging. He makes her want to stay. To fight. To believe.

But when she’s spent her entire life running, how does she stop?

Cassia: The Alpha King's Outcast Omega

"Lucian," I call out. "I think your mysterious root is dying."

I bend closer to the limp and sad-looking root. I reach out to poke it, but just before my fingers make contact, I stop, not knowing if I'm about to kill it the rest of the way if I do. It looks frail enough.

"It's not dying," a male voice says from the side of the house. "It's a tomato, and that's how they grow. Give it a couple of weeks and it'll look healthy."

My eyes connect with Orion, who is standing a few feet away in his stained blue mechanic's overalls.

It's been three days since Lucian and Kieran fought in the clearing behind the house. This is the first time I'm seeing Orion, the first time I'm seeing any of the Winter Lake Pack. All I've been doing is eating too much, failing at gardening with Lucian, and making love with him too.

Panic Wars With Pride