“My mate rejected me for being wolfless. So I walked up to his father and asked, ‘Alpha Damon, how about I be your wife?’ His wolf growled one word—Mate. Now I’m Luna… his stepmother. And he’ll burn the world before letting me go.”

Eighteen-year-old Isabella Romano grew up under the shadow of her father’s addictions—alcohol, cards, and the debts that followed him like a curse. When his reckless gambling leads him to borrow money from the city’s most feared mafia boss, Damian Moretti, Isabella’s life changes forever.Her father can’t pay.The collateral? Her.Dragged from her home and thrown into the dangerous, glittering underworld of the Moretti empire, Isabella becomes trapped in a world of violence, power, and ruthless men. But Damian isn’t like anyone she’s ever known—he’s cold, merciless, and terrifying… yet his obsession with her burns too dark to ignore.She was supposed to be payment.Instead, she might become his weakness.