Ash and Y/N are two completely different people, both bound under the same connection of friendship. Highschool friends turned college roommates was probably the last thing Y/N needed, especially when one mentions that Ash is the university’s flirt and fuck boy.
For nearly a decade, Y/N has spent caring for her mate Aldric’s ailing mother and next to useless family while he rose to Alpha rank in the Eastern pack, only returning once a year to visit. She always had believed he was out to make something of himself only to discover—through a conversation she should’ve never overheard—that he had secretly began a family with another woman.
Y/N-an omega-never believed in fated bonds—not because they aren’t real, but because they take more than they give. In her world, bonds mean instinct over choice, devotion over independence. She’s seen too many people lose themselves to it. She refuses to be one of them.
An omega—Y/N never wanted to be claimed due to their fear of being owned. But when a heat cycle hits them out of the blue, it’s quickly realized that perhaps they can’t do this alone. They turn to the only alpha they can trust—Kael Virek. An alpha that has been their best friend since childhood and unironically—in love with Y/N. He’s always kept his feelings hidden in favor of preserving the connection they already have. What happens when he realizes he may want more than he initially agreed to?