Lyra has always been the girl no one wanted the weak one without a wolf, the one people whispered about behind her back. But on the night that was supposed to change everything, her world shatters. She finds her mate in bed with her own sister. Rejected, Humiliated, Broken. Lyra runs far away, only to end up in the arms of danger. In the dark of the forest, hunted and helpless, she’s saved by a man more terrifying than the rogues chasing her—the Alpha King himself. He appears Cold, Powerful, Untouchable. He claims her as his. And for no reason he refuses to explain. Now Lyra is trapped in a world she doesn’t understand, with enemies already calling her name, Lyra realizes her life was never as simple as she thought. Because the girl everyone called weak… might be the one thing powerful enough to start a war.

On the day of her sister’s wedding, Elena Carter’s life is shattered with a single command: “You’re going to take her place.” With her family on the brink of ruin and no way out, Elena is forced to walk down the aisle in a dress that was never meant for her… and marry a man who was never meant to be hers. Ethan Blackwood is cold, powerful, and dangerously perceptive—the kind of man who doesn’t forgive deception. And the moment he looks at her, he knows. She isn’t the bride he was promised. But instead of calling off the wedding… he lets it happen. Because now, Elena is no longer just a mistake. She’s leverage. Trapped in a marriage built on lies, Elena becomes the target of Ethan’s quiet cruelty—bound to a man who watches her like a predator, waiting for her to break. But the truth behind her sister’s disappearance is far more dangerous than anyone imagined. Because she didn’t just run away. She ran into the arms of someone she shouldn’t have… Someone close to Ethan. Someone who could turn this marriage into a war. As secrets unravel and tension turns into something far more dangerous, Elena finds herself caught between fear and a growing, forbidden pull toward the man who was supposed to destroy her. And Ethan? He’s starting to realize that the woman he never wanted… might be the one he can’t let go. But by the time the truth comes out— It may already be too late to choose love over betrayal.

Ava thought she was making a sacrifice. One signature. One year. One fake marriage to a man everyone fears—Ethan Blackwood—in exchange for her brother’s freedom. Simple. At least… that’s what she believed. But nothing about Ethan is simple. He’s cold, controlled, and dangerously unreadable—the kind of man who doesn’t just win… he destroys. And the deeper Ava is pulled into his world of power, secrets, and silent threats, the more she realizes this marriage was never just a contract. It was a setup. Strange men start watching her. A break-in turns into a near-abduction. And every time Ava demands answers, Ethan gives her the same thing—half-truths wrapped in silence. Then comes the moment that changes everything. The truth about her brother. The truth about the marriage. And the truth about why Ethan chose her. Now Ava is trapped—not just in a marriage, but in a dangerous game she doesn’t understand… with a man she’s slowly, unwillingly starting to feel something for. But how do you fall for someone who might be using you? And what happens when the man you’re married to is the very reason your life is falling apart?