Azaria Freeman gave everything to Aldrith Corp. She carried two roles without complaint, held the company together, and believed her reward was finally within reach. Instead, the promotion she earned was handed to someone with the Aldrith name.

Furious and done staying silent, Azaria storms into a board meeting and challenges the very people who overlooked her. But the moment she steps inside, everything changes because Theon Aldrith realizes the truth:

His mate has been right under his nose all along.

And she is human.

Something that hasn’t happened in centuries.

Now, power, instinct, and fear collide as Theon faces an impossible choice: claim her and risk everything, or walk away from the one person fate has chosen for him.

Theon's eyes slightly widened as he looked down at his bare palm resting in her hands, but he was quick to collect himself. He had been so incredibly swamped with responsibilities and stupid to forget to wrap his hand back up that morning before leaving his house, having gone out the door with his mind entirely focused on the line of meetings awaiting him that morning. The truth of the matter was that his wound had already healed completely while his father was still wrapping the layers of gauze around it in the cabin kitchen. It had been a deep wound and for a human, it would have taken a few days or weeks to properly heal, but for him, it was nothing so severe that it would have even taken hours or days to knit back together. It was basically a simple scratch, but he had completely slipped up by exposing his perfect skin to her at that moment.


Chapter 81 - Chapter 81 - Not Okay