Angol
Emma didn't escape an abusive boyfriend to trade one cage for another. She only meant to stop in Hollow Pines long enough to rest. Then a wolf inside her wakes-and so does a voice that can call to latent wolves hidden in other people.
Caleb, Alpha of Hollow Pines, knows two things before Emma does: she is a wolf, and his wolf recognizes her as his fated mate. But recognition is not consent, and Caleb refuses to make fate another claim on a woman who has fought for the right to choose her own road.
When Emma discovers her call can awaken an already-latent wolf, the rule is simple and dangerous: nothing happens unless the other person answers. Soon people start seeking her out-not for a throne or a command, but for the chance to become more fully themselves.
Every answer costs time, space, protection, and resources Hollow Pines lacks. Rival Pack pressure sees scarcity where Emma sees people, and the community forming around her becomes harder to protect.
To keep what they are building, Emma and Caleb must learn whether home can hold loyalty, love, and responsibility without becoming another kind of ownership.
A hopeful, emotionally grounded werewolf paranormal romance about fated mates who deepen their bond by choice, a survivor learning to lead, and a Pack discovering that home means more when the road out stays open.
