Raven was born to lead. As the daughter of powerful Beta parents, she was destined for greatness: until a betrayal shattered her family’s honor, leaving them disgraced and stripped of their rank. Now, as an omega, she exists on the margins of the pack, barely tolerated, and never truly seen. But she had Maxwell. Charming, confident, and destined to become the next Alpha, Max was her first everything: first kiss, first love, first man to make her believe she still had a place in this pack.       Until the night he destroyed her.    In front of the entire pack, Max announces he’s rejecting her. Worse he's choosing a higher-ranked she-wolf to stand by his side as his Luna. The humiliation cuts deep, especially when Max's smug fiancée makes it clear Raven was never good enough to be anything but a forgotten mistake.Just when Raven thinks she’s hit rock bottom, Damian steps in.   Damian is the Alpha of a neighboring pack, and he’s nothing like Max. Cold, unapologetic, and dangerously magnetic, Damian has built his reputation on strength and control. But at 35, his pack is starting to question why he’s still unmated, and Damian isn’t interested in giving them the truth. What he needs is a mate:fast.His proposal is simple: Raven will fake being his mate for as long as he needs to settle his pack’s doubts. In return, she’ll escape the humiliation of Max’s rejection and gain something she’s never had before: power. The deal has an expiration date: he just needs an heir to silence the whispers about his leadership. After that, she’s free to go.Angry, humiliated, and desperate to rebuild her life, Raven agrees. But moving into Damian's sleek, penthouse-style home and stepping into the role of Alpha’s mate comes with complications she didn’t expect.Like the fact that Damian is hot as sin. Arrogant, yes, but with a commanding presence that sets her pulse racing. The way he looks at her, the way he touches her—it’s all-consuming. Every kiss, every brush of his skin against hers has her questioning how much of their chemistry is fake and how much is dangerously real.But just as things between them start to blur, Max comes back, full of regret and determined to win her over. He says he made a mistake, that he still loves her, and he’s ready to fight for her.Now Raven is torn between two Alphas: the man who broke her heart and the one who’s slowly stealing it. With emotions running high and the stakes even higher, she has to decide: will she take a chance on the fire Damian has ignited in her, or will she fall back into Max's arms and risk getting burned all over again?