Azaria Freeman gave everything to Aldrith Corp. She carried two roles without complaint, held the company together, and believed her reward was finally within reach. Instead, the promotion she earned was handed to someone with the Aldrith name.

Furious and done staying silent, Azaria storms into a board meeting and challenges the very people who overlooked her. But the moment she steps inside, everything changes because Theon Aldrith realizes the truth:

His mate has been right under his nose all along.

And she is human.

Something that hasn’t happened in centuries.

Now, power, instinct, and fear collide as Theon faces an impossible choice: claim her and risk everything, or walk away from the one person fate has chosen for him.

The next few days passed far more quietly than anyone in the Aldrith household would have liked. Although everyone carried on with their routines, the atmosphere inside the house remained strained, as though every conversation had an invisible log hanging over it. Nobody argued, yet nobody truly relaxed either. Meals were eaten in silence, evenings ended earlier, and every member of the family found themselves carefully choosing their words before speaking. It wasn't because they were angry with one another. It was because they were all trying so desperately not to make things worse. The hardest part for everyone to witness was the distance that had grown between Valeria and Jamison.


Chapter 112 - Chapter 112 - Family Meeting