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

　　I had to leave. There was no reason for me to stay any longer. What was I waiting for? To see him take another woman into his arms? To see him kiss her or, worse, make love to her right in front of me?


　　I didn't need to see any more—I'd already seen enough.


　　What baffled me most, though, was Caleb's words echoing in my mind. "He still loves you, Evelyn. He never stopped loving you."


　　Those words, the ones that made me smile like a fool, now felt like a cruel joke.


　　Was Caleb lying? Did he just pity me? Did he say those things to make me feel better, to give me the closure I so desperately craved?


　　I laughed out bitterly. If it was pity, then it was even more painful. Because for a moment, I believed him. I believed that Nathan still cared.


　　But how could he? How could someone who claimed to love me stand there, surrounded by other women, letting them touch him so intimately, so freely?


CHAPTER 47 An Unexpected Invite