My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony

Three days before my marking ceremony, someone set fire to the bridal shop while I was inside trying on my ceremonial dress.

Alpha Marcus threw the arsonist into the pack prison, sentencing them to the harshest punishment our laws allowed.

I lay in the hospital bed, my body covered in third-degree burns, refusing to wake fully as the reality of my disfigurement sank in.

In my semi-conscious state, I heard Marcus speaking with the pack's healing witch.

"Alpha, we can still heal her completely with the ancient magic. If we wait any longer, Sarah will bear these scars for life!