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

　　My heart was broken—completely shattered into tiny, irreparable pieces.


　　For a fleeting moment, I'd felt alive. No, I was alive.


　　For the first time in seven years, I felt whole, like myself again.


　　It was as if the Moon Goddess had finally shown me mercy and brought Nathan back into my life. I thought he felt it too.


　　I thought he remembered what we had, what we shared before everything went wrong.


　　I thought he felt the same fire, the same longing that I carried in my heart all these years.


　　Nathan barely looked at me after we made love.


　　No. It wasn't just sex. It wasn't some meaningless fling to me. It was love—at least on my part.


　　I gave him everything at that moment. My heart, my soul, every buried emotion I'd locked away for years.


　　But to him… I don't know what it was. He acted like it meant nothing. Like he'd just shared a bed with a stranger—a random woman he picked up at a party.


CHAPTER 23 Shattered