Banished from Black Hollow and branded a disgrace, Mara Gray should've been gone for good. But fate isn't finished with her-especially not now, with a secret growing inside her and enemies eager to turn her body into pack property. When hunters close in and the Council starts sharpening its "old laws," Mara is forced to accept the one kind of protection that tastes like poison: Kane Blackthorn-the billionaire Lycan King who once let her be cast out.Kane offers her a choice that isn't really a choice: come with him and live-or stay and be taken. Mara doesn't beg. She bargains. She sets rules. She demands a voice. And under a cold slice of moon, she makes him swear he'll never use her-or her child-as coin again.Back in the Hall, the pack calls it a Return Trial. The Council calls it justice. Elder Rusk calls it an opportunity-one that could end with chains, a stolen baby, and Kane's blood spilled in front of witnesses. As truth and betrayal unravel, Mara must decide what she's fighting for: survival… revenge… or a second chance she never asked for. Because in Black Hollow, forgiveness isn't given-it's paid for in oath, law, and war.
