Stay With Me A Rejected Mates - Sarah Spade

The other female gets her happily-ever-after.
For as long as I could remember, I've been in love with a male that wasn't mine. I knew I wasn't his fated mate, either. I just thought. Ryker Wolfson would one day be the Alpha. He couldn't take a mate until then, and maybe I could get him to choose me.
I was wrong.
It's no excuse, but love can make you do some terrible things. Instead of supporting my new Alpha and his intended, I listened to a traitor and I nearly lost everything. When Ryker lifted my exile, allowing me to return to Accalia, I vowed I would make amends and start over.
And I did. For a few weeks, I thought things might be different. I thought I might have my chance at forever. and then I was taken captive by the Wicked Wolf of the West.
My time in the Wolf District changed me. It broke me. I probably wouldn't have survived it at all if it wasn't for Duke.
A gentle giant of a delta, I never got the chance to know him. I was obsessed with Ryker, and Duke was just another packmate-until he found me and my wolf locked in a cage and he willingly sacrificed his own freedom to keep me company.
Now we're in Accalia, and the male responsible for my nightmares is dead. Duke has gone back to being a silent shadow who watches me, but I don't understand why. We're home again, and while I'm still far from whole, I'm not important enough for my own guard. Not like our new Alpha female.
I'm Trish Danvers. I'm no one.
Except, it seems, to Duke Conlon.

** Stay With Me is a novella (~30,000 words) that finishes up the main Claws and Fangs series. Duke is so good for her, and even though Trish might still be the selfish female who once schemed to come between Gem and Ryker, once she sets her sights on him, the big guy doesn't stand a chance. And, after what happened to her in the Wolf District, she's earned him.

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