Alpha's Cursed Buried Heir

A Cursed Bloodline. A Betrayed Mother. A Heir Buried Alive.Rowan Vale was raised inside a pack that never lets her forget the truth they’ve branded into her skin: tainted blood. Traitor’s daughter. Problem waiting to happen. Her father died accused of treason, her mother vanished without a grave, and Rowan learned to survive by keeping her head down and her healer’s hands steady… even when the pack’s whispers turn sharp.Then the Lycan King—Alaric Thorne Blackmoor—rejects her in front of everyone at Moonstone Glade.It should’ve ended there. Rejection is supposed to break a bond.But Rowan’s bond doesn’t break. It scars. It shifts. It moves—like something buried inside her is waking up.When betrayal strikes from within her own pack and enemies circle the borders hungry for Vale blood, Rowan is dragged from the edge of death—and straight into secrets no one wanted unearthed. A hidden message. A missing mother’s trail. And a legacy meant to stay buried: a crown that responds to her blood like it’s been waiting.Now Rowan has one chance to stop becoming the pack’s scapegoat all over again: uncover the truth behind her family’s “curse,” expose the betrayer, and decide whether she can trust the King who turned his back… before the next Blood Moon calls every monster in the dark to claim her.Tropes/themes: rejected mate, fated bond that won’t break, hidden heir/legacy, pack politics, betrayal, dark secrets, high-stakes paranormal romance.Content note: dark themes, violence, imprisonment, and threats toward a newborn/child (non-graphic).