Aria dedicates a decade of her youth to turning Dominic into a revered alpha, anticipating their grand cathedral union with pride. Her devotion is rewarded with supreme disrespect when Dominic abandons her at the ceremony steps, vanishing to place his permanent bite on another woman under the arrogant assumption that Aria will meekly wait.
Refusing to play the discarded martyr, Aria summons Alexander, the formidable neighboring alpha she once turned down. In front of hundreds of stunned werewolf dignitaries, Aria presents her neck to Alexander, formalizing a rival mate bond that strips Dominic of the brilliant partner who established his dominion.
