The Secret That Refused to Stay Buried and That Followed Us Home
Summary
Elena was Alpha Scott’s fated mate—a human, weak and clawless, an embarrassment to a powerful werewolf bloodline. Scott despised her for ten long years, and though he blamed her for ruining his life, he ultimately died saving her during an enemy pack’s explosion. His final words—wishing the Moon Goddess had never brought them together—haunted her so deeply that, pressured and hated by the entire pack, she ended her life at Skyfall Ridge.
But fate gave her one more chance.
Elena opened her eyes to find herself reborn, standing again at the Moon Hunt Festival from ten years ago—the exact moment the Moon Goddess announced she was Scott’s mate. Scott reacted with the same fury as before, publicly rejecting the idea of having a “useless human” as his Luna, while Joanna—his noble, elegant childhood sweetheart—watched with a satisfied smile.
This time, Elena refused to repeat the past.
Before Scott could humiliate her further, she boldly requested the Severing Ceremony, shocking the entire pack. She calmly declared that she wished for Scott and Joanna to mate instead, to strengthen the alliance Scott’s family had always wanted. Though her heart ached, she remembered the Moon Goddess’s warning in her rebirth: to save Scott from his tragic future, she must remedy his three greatest regrets within one day.
The first regret: being mated to Elena.
Determined, she accepted it.
Yet before the severing, she made one small request—something Scott had never granted her in her previous life. She asked him to take her to Skyfall Ridge to see the aurora once, a sight she had longed for before her death. Puzzled but indifferent, Scott agreed.
That night, as Elena studied the materials for the Severing Ceremony, she remembered her second life’s pain and the pack’s cruelty. Instead of performing the severing, she planned to replace it with the Alliance Blessing Ceremony, allowing Scott and Joanna’s families to unite without Elena needing to be part of the pack at all. Afterward, she would leave quietly with the human ID and bus ticket she had already prepared.
This time, she wouldn’t fight for a place where she was never wanted.
This time, she would free Scott—free them both—before destiny could break them again.
