“Get out of my house!” her father roared.
Five years ago, Anastasia Tillman was dragged down the stairs and called a disgrace. Her stepsister cried fake tears. Her stepmother smiled. Her own father slapped her and disowned her without listening to a single word.
She was accused of selling her body for money.
She tried to speak.
No one believed her.
That same night, she walked away from her pack with nothing but a small suitcase… and a secret growing inside her.
The Alpha’s child.
Five years later, she returns   not as the broken girl they threw away, but as a quiet, successful woman raising a brilliant little boy on her own.
She does not want revenge.
She does not want their money.
She only wants peace.
But fate is cruel.
The powerful Alpha who once held her in the dark is now her boss.
He does not remember her face.
But when he stands close to her, his wolf stirs.
Because he remembers her scent.
The girl who trembled beneath him.
The girl whose tears he never forgot.
There is only one problem.
Another woman has already claimed to be that girl.
And the Alpha believes her.
Now Anastasia must work under the man who unknowingly fathered her son… while watching another woman try to take her place.
She will not beg.
She will not chase.
But when the truth comes out   when the Alpha learns that the quiet little boy with silver-blue eyes is his heir  
The entire kingdom will shake.
Because the girl they threw away…
Is the Luna they can’t live without.

By the time I reached the front of the company building, the steady pulse of the city pressed against my senses, layered with faint traces of surrounding packs moving through their routines. I leaned toward the driver and said, "Why don't you pull over right here? I'll get down now." It was peak lunch hour, and the thought of stepping out of Elliot Presgrave's vehicle in full view made my instincts tighten with quiet urgency. I didn't want unnecessary attention drawn to the subtle connection between us.


Chapter 178 - A Quiet Distance