Rise of the Rejected Luna

She was rejected in front of the entire pack.Five years later, she returns with the power to expose everyone who helped destroy her family.Kaia Moon remembers the night she lost everything: her mother was dead, her father was branded a traitor, and Alpha Xander Vale publicly rejected the mate bond between them to protect his position.Kaia left Blackthorn broken—but she did not stay broken.Now she is a master healer, the leader of a thriving freehold, and a woman who has learned to survive without anyone's permission. When a wave of mysterious poison attacks Blackthorn, she returns under a contract that gives her authority over her own people and access to the records surrounding her family's downfall.Xander is still the Alpha. He has spent five years investigating the conspiracy he once helped conceal, carrying the guilt of the choice that drove Kaia away.But the truth is more dangerous than either of them expected.Forged records lead to a council conspiracy. A hidden mine reveals forbidden experiments on mate bonds. Kaia's missing father is still alive. And beneath the council hall lies an ancient law that could overturn everything Blackthorn believes about Alphas, Lunas, and the rights of its people.As enemies close in, Kaia must decide what she really wants.Revenge?Justice?Or a second chance with the man who broke her heart—one that can only exist if he learns to love her without owning her?Because Kaia's greatest victory will not be becoming someone's Luna.It will be becoming impossible to erase.