Rejected by My Alpha Mate

"For eighteen years, I thought Adam would always be mine.

But when Grace entered our lives, everything changed.

He chose her, and my other childhood friends slowly chose her, too. They said there was just something about Grace.

And they hated me because Grace told them I was always jealous of her.

So I left.

I volunteered for the brutal northern patrol, determined to build a life without them.

Three years later, I returned to the capital.

The people who had once looked down on me suddenly acted as if they'd missed me terribly.

But this time, I wasn't going to turn back."