Elara gave everything she had to pull her dying boyfriend Ryan back from the edge of death. What she got in return: on the night of their sixth anniversary, skin to skin and breathless, she heard him say into the phone — "Seraphina is my Luna. Elara comes from nothing. Being my mistress is enough for her." Ryan had already marked the woman who had once nearly destroyed Elara. And to keep Seraphina happy, he went further — stripping Elara of every piece of recognition she had built as the designer Alex, standing aside while they shattered her right hand, and leaving her to burn. She was unconscious and broken when Tyler Bennett came tearing through the fire to reach her. This mysterious Alpha — the man she had spent one reckless, unforgettable night with — was badly wounded himself. It didn't stop him. He injected a backlash drug he knew could kill him, spent hours in surgery fighting to save her hand, and held on to his own life by a thread. Some people spend six years teaching you what despair looks like. Some people spend one moment proving what real love is. When Elara opens her eyes, she will be ready. Every person who broke her is going to pay — in full, and in kind.