Three years ago, she gave her heart to a stranger. Now, he wants her son—and her freedom. Elena Vale has spent three years raising her son alone. She has no money to waste, no powerful family to protect her, and no desire to see the man who broke her heart. After a passionate affair with a mysterious stranger, Elena is left with a broken heart and a secret she's too afraid to reveal. She never expected to see him again. Especially not as Alexander Blackwood, the ruthless billionaire Alpha whose empire controls the most powerful werewolf pack in the country. Now his company is collapsing, millions are missing, and someone is trying to kill him. Then he discovers a little boy with his eyes. Alexander wants answers. He wants his son. And he wants to know why the woman he loved disappeared without a word. But Elena has her own questions. Why did he abandon her? Why is someone hunting her child? And why does her son display powers that even the strongest Alpha cannot explain? When evidence suggests Elena is responsible for the financial attack against Blackwood Industries, Alexander brings her into his estate under strict security. Forced into his estate for protection, Elena becomes his reluctant ally, the mother of his son, and the only woman he has never been able to control. Their hatred is fierce. Their attraction is dangerous. And the bond between them is impossible to ignore. But Elena is hiding something even she doesn't understand. She is the last surviving heir of an ancient wolf bloodline, and her son's birth has awakened a power that could destroy the existing werewolf hierarchy. Someone inside Alexander's family knows the truth. Someone has been planning this war for years. And when Alexander discovers that the empire he inherited was built on the destruction of Elena's family, he must choose between the throne he has spent his life protecting and the woman he never stopped loving. But what happens when the woman he wants to protect is the rightful heir to everything he owns? And what will he do when the greatest threat to his empire comes from the woman he calls his mate?