Lycan Prince's Hybrid Mate

She was never meant to come home.Bonewood made sure of that.Driven out years ago as a mongrel and a curse-borne mistake, she learned how to survive without a pack, without protection, without mercy. But when a sealed order summons her back under moon and law—and whispers reach her ears that her mother’s grave has been disturbed—running is no longer an option.Bonewood hasn’t changed.It still smells of blood and pine.It still remembers her sins.Now she stands in chains beneath the manor she once fled, facing the same charge that shattered her life: poison, treason, blood gone wrong. At dawn, the Council will judge her. And the punishment they’re circling is worse than death.Rowan Varrik, Lycan Prince and heir to the old laws, never meant for her to return. Once, he let the pack cast her out to save a crown he wasn’t ready to lose. Now he’s caught between duty and regret, power and the woman he failed—and the Council is watching for weakness.Their solution is cruel and calculated: a forced claim.A binding meant to silence dissent.A mate bond forged not from love, but law.As old graves are opened, long-buried truths claw their way to the surface, and war brews beyond the ridge, she must decide whether survival is worth submission—or whether she’ll burn Bonewood to the roots to protect the dead, her truth, and what remains of her soul.Because this time, she didn’t come back to belong.She came back to finish what they started.