Arrogant. Powerful. An Alpha by title. A man shrouded in secrets. Ella Merlyn Scott arrives in a quiet town seeking redemption, her past a weight she's determined to shed. Enrollment at the local university promises a fresh start—until she collides with Blaze Matthew Reese, the future Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack. He's everything she despises: cocky, insufferable, infuriatingly magnetic. Their antagonism is instant and electric. But secrets have a way of unraveling. When Ella discovers the truth buried beneath Blaze's arrogant facade, everything shifts. What she thought she knew about him—about them—shatters. Their collision course was never about chance. In a world where werewolves rule and mates are destiny, can a woman running from her past and an Alpha bound by his future find common ground? Or will the pull between them consume them both?