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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

I know that Lucian's silence is him taking his time to think of the words that will convince me. The right words. But I don't let him. Maybe it will hurt less to let him go now, than it would for him to turn from me later.

"I think I should stay with Minerva for a few days," I tell the bed. "She offered. And… well, Zia needs you. She wouldn't have come here if she didn't need you."

He leaves unsaid the biggest thing. If it was what I wanted, he'd agree, even if it was the very opposite of what he wanted.

After a long pause where I consider lying, I shake my head. "No."

I feel his approach, though I don't turn. "Stay. Zia knows we're together. She knows I'm not leaving you. She just needs a friend for a few days, and a place to stay."

Your Existence is Enough