Elena never imagined that one night could change everything.A single mother struggling to raise her six year old son, Kai, she works as an escort to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Survival has always come before pride. But when she is forced into the back of a black limousine belonging to Adrian Vantas, the ruthless mafia king feared by everyone as The Rabid, her life takes a turn she never saw coming.Instead of death, Adrian offers her a deal.Marry him for one year in exchange for ten million dollars.To Elena, it is nothing more than a business arrangement, a chance to give Kai the future he deserves. Adrian makes one thing painfully clear from the beginning. Their marriage is a contract, nothing more. There will be no love, no promises, and certainly no happily ever after.Everything begins to unravel when Kai innocently starts calling Adrian "Daddy."What should have been an annoyance slowly becomes something Adrian cannot ignore. Against all reason, he finds himself drawn to both the quiet, resilient woman and the little boy who somehow slips past every wall he has built around his heart.But Elena is hiding a dangerous secret.Kai is no ordinary child. He is a werewolf, and his biological father vanished without a trace seven years ago.As whispers spread about Adrian's connection to the werewolf world, and the mysterious word mate refuses to leave Elena's mind, their fake marriage becomes far more than a calculated bargain.Because some contracts are written on paper.Others are written by fate... and sealed in blood.