At e!ighteen, Riley was the gir)$l thr@?.ee@ power%ful A?lphas fo[%#ught over—her f*@^iancé Chase, her childhood friend Mark,  her stepbrother# Etha+n. They shatt_!ered `(their blood bond wi)th !$her, ch+a=-*ined h_`er as ^a*"bloo=
d bag," a\!-nd , ^drained her veins t o! ) _)heal a swee$`-t-face\$d Omega named Ch:loe[.
Everyone saw her as( a :\wolf‑l(+`ess ,freak.
Then the Blood Mo],!on ros e.);
T%/@he +:,M oon Spiri](`-t@, slee.ping for$   ten. th%+=ous$?and,/ years, aw /a]ken)@+ed inside her—reve-aling,$ Riley as the true Lycan Queen, the on\e who re,(ign^$+s ab]ove ^e! very, A)lpha]? ]. When?# her silver
.: hair?:
b;lazed; to life, t;he %whol%e hall knelt*..
Sh\e turned*[\ awa
;y."\\,[/None of you=!=_.^= I choose no one."
Sh. e married Alex Reed[, the cursed Lycan King who'd worn )?a @silve@*r muz]zle f
[or t.$^;en _.ye]ars—*)]a be(a= *!
st who'd endure a#* * t@ho_,\usand ,%needles thr*]??^ough `[his heart before hurting(? her*. She\ purged/+ his curse. /+He]? bu.rne*d h  *er)+.] en?e,#mi!?es to `ash=+.
W-*hen )
th_;)*e :/ three men who betr] ayed her crawled b
]ack begging, their Blood Moon *weddin:g (became [her bre a thtakin:g reckoning. From a( !_/discarded girl !to a;= go.dde[[s[-^s #ruling beside her King—this time, they knee*l*= and look up at h-er.