One Mate and a Rejection

She thought rejection would hurt for a week. It rewrote her whole life. Maya Carter is seventeen, pack-born, and trapped in a town where the football field is public life and the real rules live in the woods. When the Alpha's son rejects her in front of everyone, it is not just personal. It is a message. Stay small. Stay quiet. Know your place. Maya refuses. What starts as humiliation turns into something darker when she finds proof that her father's death was not an accident. A hidden recording. A dirty deal tied to the school. A rival pack waiting for the right moment to strike. Now the same people who mocked her heartbreak want her silent. The ones who swore they would protect her are the ones hunting her. And the boy who broke her is suddenly the one standing in the doorway, blocking his own father's wolves. This is not a soft romance. It is a fast, raw werewolf story set in an American high school world where reputation is currency, loyalty has a price, and rejection can be used like a weapon. Every chapter escalates. Every choice costs something. Maya has to decide what matters more: the mate bond she never asked for, or the freedom she is willing to bleed for. Inside One Mate and a Rejection, you will get: A fierce female lead who stops begging and starts choosing High-stakes pack politics mixed with real school pressure Betrayal, secrets, and a truth that forces a showdown A love story that hurts, then hits back, then transforms A final rule that flips the power dynamic for good If you like emotional, character-driven werewolf romance with messy choices, sharp dialogue, and a heroine who refuses to be owned, this book will pull you in and keep you there. Maya's rejection was the beginning. The real question is what she becomes after it. Buy One Mate and a Rejection now and find out who survives when a bond turns into a battleground.