Contract Mate to the Ruthless Alpha: A Contract Marriage-Abused-Regret-Chasing Her Back Romance

He bought her to break his curse. Then he broke her heart instead.Desperate and drowning in debt, omega Islyn Crow accepts a ruthless Alpha's contract: thirty days as his fake mate, complete a dangerous ritual to lift his family's death curse, then walk away with enough money to survive.She never expected to be his true mate.Kaedor Rivenfall Ironmoor is as cold as the cursed territory he rules. Haunted by his father's agonizing death and convinced love is weakness, he treats Islyn like a disposable tool-humiliating her, breaking her spirit, and publicly rejecting their fated bond the moment the ritual ends.But curses don't forgive. And neither does fate.When the rejected mate bond mutates the curse and condemns his entire pack to death, Kaedor realizes his devastating mistake: the powerless omega he threw away is the last Moonweaver-and the only person who can save them all.Now he'll grovel. He'll bleed. He'll destroy every shred of pride to win back the woman he shattered.But Islyn has built a new life far from his cruelty. And forgiveness? That will cost him everything.With the Blood Moon rising and innocent lives hanging in the balance, she faces an impossible choice: let his pack die for his sins, or risk her heart one final time for the Alpha who destroyed her.Some bonds are written in starlight. Theirs was forged in pain, rejection, and the desperate hope that even the most broken wolves can find redemption.