"How could this happen?" I muttered, confusion swirling inside me like a storm.

Mason had refused to mark me, rejected me outright. So how on earth...?

A flicker of hope sparked inside me, my heart pounding.

Maybe, just maybe, I was given a second chance. It was rare, but it could happen. If that were true, then my mate must be somewhere in this pack. But why hadn't he come for me yet? Was he repulsed by me too?

Before I could dwell further, Alpha Zion's furious growl ...