Arden Wilder

"He's our mate."
The world around me seemed empty at that moment. I froze. The way he walked, his posture—there was something hauntingly familiar about him.
I stood without thinking as I tried to catch up with him. The closer I got to him, the more the pull increased. It was like he was magneting me. 
And then I saw his face. I was instantly knocked out of breath.
"Nathan………"
Evelyn Miller, the next Alpha of the Nightshade Pack, has spent years believing the love of her life, Nathan, died in a war. To move forward, she agrees to an arranged marriage, accepting her duty over her heart.
But something happened one fateful day after seven years, her wolf senses something impossible—her fated mate is near. And to her shock, it's Nathan. Alive.
Yet Nathan doesn't recognize her as his mate. He's changed, hardened by betrayal and loss. Unknown to them, lies and deception tore them apart seven years ago. Now, with Evelyn bound to another and Nathan consumed by hatred, the truth is buried deep.
Can they unravel the past before it's too late? Or has fate already sealed their tragic ending?

Fated To Love Again

　　Oh God! I hadn't realized I'd been dead for seven years—not until Nathan kissed me.


　　The second his lips touched mine, the world as I knew it shifted. There was no stopping my body's reaction, no holding back the rush of emotions that flooded me.


　　That kiss was unlike anything I'd felt in seven long years. Holy hell! It wasn't just a kiss—it was life. It was everything I'd missed. Everything I'd craved.


　　The only other kiss I'd shared was with Victor. That flat and hollow, meaningless kiss during the engagement ceremony.


　　A show for the crowd. A kiss that did nothing to stir my soul bitterly.


　　If not that it was a public space, I would have cleaned my lips the minute his lips touched mine.


　　But Nathan? God, he paralyzed me with just one touch.


　　I'd almost forgotten how he made me feel—how every part of me woke up under his hands.


CHAPTER 22 This Was Nothing