My Husband Died. His Best Friend Became My Mate
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"Will you be my mate?"
Three days after my husband's funeral, his best friend whispered those words to me.
I told myself it was a transaction.
My freedom for his protection. My heart for my survival.
I was wrong.
Fenric Silvermane was not a man who made transactions.
He was a man who took what he wanted.
And he wanted me.
He secured my place among the nobles, learned every little thing I loved, and then—
Claimed me as his Luna before the entire kingdom, with the Alpha King as witness.
No warning.
No choice.
He wove me into his world so completely, so deliberately—
Until I had nowhere left to run.
Until I stopped reaching for the memory of the man I had once called my husband.
The day of the ceremony arrived.
The great hall doors swung open, and I saw Fenric waiting at the altar, his ice-blue eyes fixed on mine.
I took a breath.
I walked toward him.
Then the doors opened again.
And the man who was supposed to be dead and buried on a distant battlefield—
stepped inside.
Soren was alive.
And his best friend had known all along.
Three days after my husband's funeral, his best friend whispered those words to me.
I told myself it was a transaction.
My freedom for his protection. My heart for my survival.
I was wrong.
Fenric Silvermane was not a man who made transactions.
He was a man who took what he wanted.
And he wanted me.
He secured my place among the nobles, learned every little thing I loved, and then—
Claimed me as his Luna before the entire kingdom, with the Alpha King as witness.
No warning.
No choice.
He wove me into his world so completely, so deliberately—
Until I had nowhere left to run.
Until I stopped reaching for the memory of the man I had once called my husband.
The day of the ceremony arrived.
The great hall doors swung open, and I saw Fenric waiting at the altar, his ice-blue eyes fixed on mine.
I took a breath.
I walked toward him.
Then the doors opened again.
And the man who was supposed to be dead and buried on a distant battlefield—
stepped inside.
Soren was alive.
And his best friend had known all along.
















































