Florence
They rejected me on international television. Ruthlessly. Heartlessly. Five fated mates—mine by every law of nature—and they still chose someone else. I was supposed to move on. Heal. Forget them. Instead, I got a diagnosis. Now my body is breaking down because of a bond they refused to claim, and the only people who can stop it are the ones who walked away. When my illness becomes part of the news cycle, and the Ashbourne pack has no choice but to come to me, to rush to my side to help me heal, I have to shore up my defenses. They promise me this time will be different, but I don't think I can trust them. Because I know what I'd become if they did—not love, not want… just another obligation. A duty they can't escape. The Pack We made a choice. And it's killing her. Florence Karlin was never supposed to be something we lost. But duty demanded it—and we obeyed. We thought we could live with that. We were wrong. Now the world knows what she is to us. Now the crown is watching. And now she's slipping through our fingers. But we refuse to let her go, are desperate to find a way to keep her, to heal her. Can we find a balance between love and duty? And can we convince our fated mate that we are her fairytale ending?
