Runt. That's what they called me. Small, weak, and insignificant. My whole life, I've been told I wasn't good enough to stand alongside the pack. The pack who saw me as a mistake, something that didn't belong, and the one they loved to push around. But something shifted the day I met him.

He was everything I wasn't—strong, confident, an Alpha with a future in his hands. He was my mate. And for the first time in my life, I felt like I might finally have a place in this world.
But, of course, nothing ever goes smoothly for someone like me.

Thrown into a life with an Alpha, an ex-fiancé, and a child I wasn't prepared for, everything is more complicated than I ever imagined. There's the love, the joy of finally being wanted, but also the bitterness and pain that come with a life I never thought I'd have.

Will the bond with my mate be enough to withstand the pressure, or will everything I've fought for crumble under the weight of old wounds and new dangers?