Replacement bride. Fated mates. She fights with spreadsheets, not claws.
Lori Taggart's sister was supposed to be the treaty spouse. Her father sent Lori instead, like collateral. He picked the wrong daughter.
Alpha Colin Gordon's wolf recognized her from a name on a page. Before she'd crossed the border. Before he'd seen her face.
She's human. He'll live for centuries. The pack elders have a word for what she is, and it isn't kind.
Colin doesn't claim her. He asks. Lori doesn't fight with claws. She fights with evidence and the kind of stubborn precision that tears her own family's conspiracy wide open.
Her father wants her retrieved. The Council wants her silenced. The pack hasn't decided if she belongs. Colin has already chosen.
Now she has to decide if staying is a choice or a cage.
Dual POV. Slow burn. Forced proximity. He fell first. Fated mates. Replacement bride. Found family. Protective Alpha. Strong heroine. HEA guaranteed.
