Possession of the Alpha. Rejected Mate Werewolf Romance of Alpha Secrets, Broken Bonds, and Chosen Love, #1

She was never supposed to be his. Not in the eyes of the pack. Not in the eyes of the elders. Not after her family name was buried under betrayal and shame. Mara Elise Vale has spent her life serving the Silverfang Pack as a healer's apprentice, tolerated only because her hands are useful. She knows her place, keeps her head down, and expects nothing from the wolves who still whisper about her father's supposed treason.
Then the Moon Ascension Rite changes everything. Before the entire pack, Alpha Kael Blackthorne recognizes Mara as his fated mate. For one breath, the bond feels like destiny. For one breath, Mara is seen. Then Kael rejects her. Publicly. Coldly. Without explanation. Humiliated and wounded by a broken mate bond, Mara tries to survive the pain while the pack turns her shame into gossip and law. But the rejection does more than scar her heart.
The sacred moonwell darkens. Silverleaf dies in her mother's garden. Moon-sick rogues cross sealed borders. And the old secrets buried beneath Silverfang begin to wake. Kael claims he rejected her to protect her, but Mara has heard that word before. Protection without truth is just another cage. As danger closes around the pack, Mara discovers her disgraced bloodline may be the key to saving them all.
Her father may not have betrayed Silverfang. Her mother left warnings no one wanted her to find. And the Alpha who broke her may be the only man cursed enough to understand the darkness hunting them. But Mara will not be claimed by fate, fear, or an Alpha's regret. If Kael wants her, he will have to do more than desire her. He will have to tell the truth. He will have to face the curse in his blood.
And he will have to learn that love is not possession. It is choice.