She Prefers Wisdom To Wealth

Upon returning to the capital with the Elder Luna Queen, a bonded mate's carriage is halted by a pregnant she-wolf. This helpless-looking stranger begs for shelter, claiming she carries the Shadowmere Pack Heir's unborn child after his three years of heirless marriage. She even threatens that the Heir will sever the mate bond if they are turned away. However, the mistress has made a fatal miscalculation. The bonded mate is not someone who can be easily discarded.

Bleeding out on an expensive rug, Clara begs her billionaire husband, Blake Sterling, for help. Cold and dismissive, Blake accuses her of faking a miscarriage with red wine to steal his attention from another woman, Julianna. Left helpless as her life slips away, Clara loses both her unborn baby and her life. But death is not the end. Now floating above her own lifeless body, Clara is forced to confront the harsh reality of her tragic devotion as a mocking voice echoes in her mind.

Returning early from a trip to surprise her husband, Eric Carter, the protagonist instead witnesses his three-hour tryst with her own sister, Willow Summers, from the confines of a closet. Despite Eric’s later lies about preparing the home for her arrival, the betrayal is absolute. Refusing to confront him directly, she secretly contacts a specialist to orchestrate her disappearance. She plans a staged suicide during a wedding at the Century Building to sever ties forever.

Returning from a business trip, Cecelia Moore is desperate to surprise her husband, Francis Rivera, with a positive ultrasound report. Her joy is instantly shattered at a private club when she overhears a chilling conversation. A companion asks Francis if he only wed Cecelia to serve as a decoy for Melody Green. Paralyzed by the truth, Cecelia must confront the reality that her billionaire marriage was a calculated deception intended to protect someone else's safety.

Maya Carter will do anything to avoid an arranged future with an unknown alpha. She cuts her hair, binds her chest, and joins the men's hockey team, hoping to vanish into the sport she loves. But her new roommate is Kieran Hayes—captain, alpha heir, and dangerously perceptive. He senses she's hiding something, and when the truth emerges, it's more than a secret: she's his fated mate. Now, with desire burning between them and nowhere to run, Maya must decide if some bonds are impossible to escape.

Twice, she embraced a quiet life with Lester Vance, only for his adopted sister to drag them to the executioner's block. Whenever the sister wept over being cast aside by the Emperor, Lester would don his old armor and follow her back to the capital, leaving peace behind. After dying twice due to Lester's blind loyalty, she finally sees through the facade. Their sibling devotion was nothing but a lie, and she will not perish a third time.