At Ashwood Academy, power isn’t just inherited—it’s earned through The Aureum Trial, a brutal werewolf competition where dominance, strength, and strategy decide who rises and who falls. Losing means exile… or worse. Aubrey Sinclair, an Omega, never should have been chosen. When a golden-wax-sealed scholarship letter arrives at her door, pulling her into a world of ruthless Alphas and power-hungry elites, Aubrey Sinclair never signed up for the Aureum trail but when she was chosen as a participant and worse she is paired with Atlas Blackwood, heir to a powerful werewolf dynasty and the Academy’s golden boy. He’s trained for this his entire life. She? But The Aureum Trial is more than a test…it’s a secret rite of passage for the werewolf elite. Every decade, the strongest bloodlines fight for dominance, and only the victors take their place in the ruling pack. The losers? They don’t survive. Atlas is determined to win. Aubrey just wants to make it out alive. But as the Trial unfolds, one thing becomes clear…she isn’t just an ordinary Omega. But the worst part? She’s bound to Atlas Blackwood by fate. And in a game where blood is currency and betrayal is inevitable, even her partner might become her greatest threat.

One missing bride. One impossible deal. And a fake wedding neither of them saw coming. Vanya Kestrel has always been the girl no one bets on—quiet, cautious, and drowning in her late father's debts. Her stepmother’s solution? Marry her off to a wealthy man nearly forty years older. But when Vanya lands a prestigious internship at NephraTek—New York’s most ruthless tech empire—she sees more than just a job. She sees a way out. But fate has other plans because her new boss s is her high school crush. And the man she almost kissed one reckless night years ago. Alastair Calderon, elusive tech billionaire and heir to a powerful dynasty, is facing a crisis when his own bride vanishes days before the ceremony.. A clause in his late father's will demands that he must marry by his thirtieth birthday to secure the NephraTek Industries. And that birthday? Just fifteen days away.or lose control of his family's empire. With no fiancée, no time, and a reputation on the line, turns to the last woman standing in the chaos: Vanya The proposal is outrageous—marry him for six months, pretend to be his wife, and walk away with enough money to pay her father's debt and escape the forced marriage. For Vanya, it’s strictly business. But in a world of curated lies and inherited power, the line between pretending and feeling blurs quickly. And with eyes watching, secrets surfacing, and the real bride still missing, vanya and Alastair are about to learn that nothing about this deal is as simple as "I do." bout this deal is as simple as "I do."