She needed the money. He needed a shield. Neither of them expected to become the target. Lila Hart is drowning in debt, watching her brother’s hospital bills climb and her grandmother’s home edge toward foreclosure. When ruthless billionaire Sebastian Blackwood offers her a six-month contract to pose as his fiancée, she signs without hesitation. The terms are clear: live in his penthouse, smile for the cameras, ask no questions, and walk away richer when it’s over. But Sebastian didn’t hire her just for appearances. Someone inside his empire wants him dead—and a man with a new fiancée is harder to erase without raising suspicion. As Lila steps into a world of glittering galas and cold power, the threats escalate. Poisoned champagne. Near-miss “accidents.” Shadows that follow them both. What began as a simple business arrangement turns into a dangerous game where the only person Sebastian can trust is the woman he paid to pretend to love him. And the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to remember that none of it is supposed to be real.

He rejected her in front of the entire pack. Three years later, the moon itself chose her instead. Elara Voss was publicly rejected by her fated mate, Alpha Kael Nightbane, on the night of their mating ceremony. Humiliated and broken, she fled the pack with nothing but the sound of his cold voice echoing in her ears: “I reject you.” She never expected to survive. She never expected to awaken a power older than the packs themselves. Three years later, Elara returns — stronger, changed, and carrying a rare lunar gift that makes every Alpha in the territory want to claim her. The same man who once discarded her now stands between her and those who would use her power… or kill her for it. Kael Nightbane has spent three years regretting the night he let his pride destroy the only bond that ever mattered. When fate forces them back together, he discovers the woman he rejected has become the one thing he cannot afford to lose. She was never weak. She was only waiting for the moon to answer. And this time, she will not be rejected again.