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Chapter 23
Julian Thorne
15:12,Oct 16,2026
On the day Aria was supposed to mate bond with the Alpha who vowed to love her forever, she sent a corpse in her place. After awakening her sensory abilities, Aria discovered her mate Kane's year-long affair with his beta—and the cruel truths spoken behind her back. Heartbroken but calculating, she faked her death, vanished abroad, and left behind a coffin, a final message, and the ruins of a carefully crafted lie. While Alpha Kane breaks down in front of a nationwide live broadcast, Aria is reborn as Phoenix Ambrose, heiress to a powerful British werewolf family—and she's done being the "useless wolf." This is not a story of forgiveness. It's a story of betrayal, retribution, and a woman who chose to bury her past... and watch the man who broke her shatter in return.
