NadiaSparks

“Burn me alive, Maeve. Hurt me. Break me! But don’t go — don’t fucking go — don’t make me live in a world where you’re not mine.”
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Maeve was the scrawny mate Alpha Ivan never wanted. He was unfeeling. His family mocked her. His pack shamed her. And when she miscarried their child, he called her careless—then made her best friend his breeder.
 
Maeve left that night without a word. But what no one knew? She was still pregnant. A miracle from the goddess.
 
Years later, Ivan is seconds from crowning his breeder as Luna and claiming the Alpha throne… when Maeve walks into the ceremony. Not the weak girl he threw away—but the kingdom’s most famous healer, rivaled by none, with a child who looks just like him.
 
The bond he thought was dead still exists. The mate he rejected? Stronger than ever. And the heir he thought he lost? Still very much alive.
 
Now Ivan wants them back. But Maeve didn’t return for love. She came to destroy the empire that spit her out. And this time, she’s not alone. She has his greatest enemy by her side.

ALPHA’S REGRET: REJECTED, PREGNANT, AND CLAIMED BY HIS ENEMY

I hadn't expected it to—but when Revierrie confirmed it, a breath punched through my lungs like I'd been holding it in for years.

Relief rushed through me before I could stop it.

It didn't make sense. I should've been angry. Frustrated. Just as infuriated as Maeve.

I should've felt cornered by the bond I'd come here to destroy, exploded on her, and demanded answers from the priest.

But instead, all I felt was the sudden looseness in my chest, like something in me could finally breathe again. Like some part of me wasn't ready to let her go.

Pissed me off even more when I saw that my relief was nothing like Maeve's disposition.

CHAPTER 42: EASY TO UNLOVE