The Alpha King’s Second Chance Mate

I caught my boyfriend in my sister's bed. I thought that was the worst thing that could happen to me. I was wrong. For years, Elena Hart has been the daughter nobody wanted. Her father favors her beautiful younger sister, Vanessa, while the man Elena loves keeps promising that one day, he will finally choose her before everyone else. Then Elena walks into Vanessa's bedroom and finds Mason Reed, the man she planned to mate with, beneath her sister's sheets. Mason begs. Vanessa smiles. And Elena walks away with what is left of her heart. But before she can escape the humiliation, the arrival of the royal Lycan guards changes everything. Every unmated woman of suitable blood has been summoned to the capital. The feared Alpha King Damien Blackwood must choose a Luna. Damien isn't simply the most powerful Alpha alive. He controls a billion-dollar empire in the human world and rules the supernatural world from the shadows. Packs obey him. Alphas fear him. His enemies disappear. And everyone knows one thing about their king. He already lost his true mate. Years ago, Damien found the woman the Moon Goddess supposedly created for him. Her death nearly destroyed him. Since then, he has refused another mate, another bond, and another chance at love. But ancient Lycan law gives him no choice. Without a Luna and an heir, Damien's claim to the throne can be challenged. Elena and Vanessa are both taken to the royal estate, where dozens of women will compete for the right to become his chosen Luna. Vanessa sees a crown. Elena only sees another prison. Until Damien walks into the selection ceremony. Their eyes meet. His wolf goes wild. Elena's knees nearly give way when one impossible word tears through her mind. Mate. But Damien doesn't embrace her. He looks horrified. Because the scent coming from Elena is the same scent that belonged to the mate he buried seven years ago. Damien believes it must be a trick. Elena wants nothing to do with another man who can reject her. So when the Alpha King privately offers her a bargain, she shocks him by refusing. He doesn't want love. He needs a Luna long enough to stop the Alpha Council from removing him. She doesn't want another mate. She needs enough power to free herself from the family that has controlled her life.