Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the King

Discarded human mate returns years later with a child's secret.

Elena marks five years as Alpha Liam's partner only to receive a basic protection sigil while he bonds with Seraphina, his first love, to secure pack alliances. When Elena protests, Liam dismisses her as merely human and declares she has failed a loyalty test before proposing to Seraphina. Elena disappears. Five years later at an Alpha Council hotel where Liam's faction nears major power status, he finds her ankle-deep in an ornamental fountain covered in sand. She ignores his taunts about her worthlessness, focused solely on retrieving a moonstone her cub lost in the water.

• werewolf
• fantasy
• second chance
• love triangle

1. Liam bonds Seraphina for pack power
2. Elena vanishes after loyalty test failure
3. Elena protects cub's moonstone at reunion

Readers who want a discarded mate defending her child against a power-hungry alpha.