The Slipper She Left Behind

When Wren finds a stranger's slippers in her Alpha mate's shoe cabinet, she knows the excuses don't add up — but nothing prepares her for the slow, calculated erasure that follows. As her five-year relationship unravels piece by piece, the final blow comes when her most irreplaceable possession is carelessly destroyed and Cain doesn't even notice she's hurt. With a scarred arm and a half-ruined recipe journal, Wren walks away from the south-facing room he promised her — and toward something she never expected to find waiting back home.