“Love? Don’t fool yourself, Avelisse. You’re here to warm my bed and wear the title of Luna. Nothing more.” Those were the words my mate said to me... cold, sharp, and cruel. I wasn’t chosen, I was only bought. Wrapped in silk and shame, sold to an Alpha who saw me as property, not as a person. Every night, he brought other women into his room, their laughter echoing through the halls like a reminder of what I wasn’t. His touch burned, his gaze cut through me, and his silence felt heavier than chains. So I learned to survive. I buried my pride, swallowed my pain, and faded into the background until I became almost invisible. Then everything changed with three simple words that shattered everything I thought I knew. “You’re pregnant, Luna.” Pregnant… with the child of the man who never touched me with love. The same man who made me feel small in a world where I was meant to stand tall. I should’ve felt joy, but all I felt was fear. So I ran away, far away from the bond that suffocated me, from the mate the Moon Goddess cursed me with. But Alphas don’t let go. And fate doesn’t forgive. I was sold like property. Rejected like nothing. Now, carrying the heir he never deserved, I’ll be the one to choose how this story ends, in redemption… or in ruin.

I wasn’t looking for love that night. I was looking for freedom. One breath of air before drowning in the life my father chose for me, a life of fake smiles, high-society lies, and an arranged marriage I never agreed to. He found me on a bridge, offered me warmth, and touched me like I mattered. For one night, I wasn’t a pawn. I was his. But the truth is cruel. Now, days before my unwanted wedding, I see him again. Not in a dream. Not in a memory. At the altar. He lied. And I hate him for it. But hating him doesn’t stop the heat. The danger. Or the way my heart betrays me every time he’s near. In this world, secrets are currency, loyalty is blood-deep, and love is the most dangerous trap of all. I was promised to a stranger. But I gave my body to the enemy. And now I have to survive marrying both.

Everything changed for Nyqxee Shadowfang the night of her first Shift. At twenty-one, the age when werewolves awaken their true nature, her hidden bloodline unleashed a power she never knew existed. In a moment of chaos, she took a life, an act that sealed her fate. Once the proud daughter of her pack’s Beta, Nyqxee was stripped of her title, branded a murderer, and cast into the dungeons by her fated mate, Alpha Glaive, who rejected her without hesitation. Betrayed, broken, and left to rot, she believed fate had truly abandoned her. Until the impossible happened. A second chance mate, an unheard-of phenomenon, was revealed to her. And not just any mate, but the ruthless and enigmatic King of Lycans. Unlike Glaive, the Lycan King saw the fire within her, the strength others feared. He wanted her, not as an outcast, but as something far greater. But Glaive isn’t ready to let her go. With tensions between werewolves and Lycans threatening to spark a war, Nyqxee is thrust into a deadly game of dominance, betrayal, and secrets buried in the shadows. A prophecy whispers her name, and an ancient power stirs within her blood, waiting to be claimed. With enemies closing in and her own power spiraling out of control, Nyqxee must make a choice, rise and embrace the force within her, or be swallowed by the darkness of her past that hunts her.