The Alpha's Rejected Mate

She saved monsters. He broke her. Now he's dying, and only she can stitch him back together.
Ten years ago, Kestrel Vane was rejected by her fated mate and exiled from the only pack she'd ever known. Branded "blood-silent" and worthless, she rebuilt herself in the shadows as a rogue surgeon for underground shifter fight rings—patching up the broken, the brutal, and the forgotten.
Now Bastian Thorne, the Alpha who destroyed her, is dying from The Fade—a terminal decay that's turning him into a mindless beast. He needs her forbidden medical skills to survive. But saving him comes at a price neither of them saw coming: a Suture, a permanent magical graft that binds their nervous systems together, forcing them to share pain, memories, and a connection that should never have existed.
As the Suture takes hold, Kestrel discovers the devastating truth: their mate bond wasn't rejected—it was stolen by the very council they serve. With a genocidal purge threatening to wipe out every "defective" shifter in the city, Kestrel and Bastian must navigate a forced bond that feels terrifyingly real. She holds the scalpel. He holds the secrets. And together, they're the only ones who can dismantle the system before it destroys them both.
In a world where love is engineered and mates are manufactured, sometimes the only way to survive is to rewrite your own biology.
Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Ilona Andrews, and Nalini Singh. One-click now to enter a world where second chances come with scars, and fated mates are forged in blood and rebellion.