The Alpha's Dark Solstice Claim

Ella Meriwether Paranormal

When the town of Alder Ridge celebrates the Founders’ Truce, a festival meant to keep rival packs civil beneath string lights and tradition. For one night, old enemies dance in the open and pretend peace is possible.
It’s the night Marybeth Calloway makes a mistake she never planned to survive. As the overlooked daughter of the Calloway Alpha, Marybeth has learned to stay quiet, to take up as little space as possible.
When she shares a single, deliberate night with Rowan Blackridge, the controlled, powerful Alpha of a rival pack, she believes it’s nothing more than a moment of escape. Then she learns Rowan already has a mate.
Bound by duty and tradition, Rowan accepts the role fate has chosen for him, believing leadership demands sacrifice. Marybeth, heartbroken and fiercely independent, refuses to beg for a place that was never promised.
When she discovers she’s pregnant, she leaves without a word, convinced she can raise her child alone … and that no one will come looking for her. Years later, she returns to Alder Ridge with a guarded heart, and a son who changes everything.
Rowan recognizes the truth the moment he sees the boy. His carefully controlled life fractures as he realizes what was taken from him, and what he never knew he had. Determined to acknowledge his son as his heir, Rowan reaches for Marybeth again, not with demands, but with an offer to rebuild something broken, even if it’s only trust.
But Rowan’s mate is not as welcoming as she appears. As old feelings reignite and pack politics turn vicious, Marybeth and her son become targets in a battle fought behind polite smiles and public loyalty.
When the line between duty and love finally breaks, Rowan is forced to choose what kind of Alpha he will be, and what he’s willing to destroy to protect his blood. Because this time, walking away isn’t an option.

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