Caroline hides that she’s an Alpha and stays with her lover Andre, even rejecting her fated mate, Lycan King William, for him. But on the night she sets up the perfect proposal, Andre walks in with his real mate. He humiliates her in front of everyone, calling her just a hookup. Heartbroken, Caroline goes back to the royal palace and walks up to Lycan King William—the man she rejected. She decides to change the groom. When Andre finally regrets it and yells, “It was always you, Caroline!”— William’s claws are already at his throat, his voice cold:“Too late. She’s my queen now.”
