She thought monsters existed only in stories. Until one claimed her. Eliza Hartley is human. Ordinary. Invisible. Betrayed by the man she trusted and attacked on the loneliest night of the year, she expects to be saved by chance. Instead, she is saved by a nightmare. Rowan Blackwood is an Alpha. Powerful. Ruthless. Bound by laws older than the world Eliza knows. When fate ties her to him, he does the unthinkable. He claims her publicly. Then denies her privately. Kept inside his estate, surrounded by wolves who resent her existence, Eliza becomes a liability, a weakness, and an obsession Rowan never wanted. The pack council watches her. Rival Lunas envy her. Enemies wait for her to fall. And Rowan fights a battle far more dangerous than any external threat. Resisting the bond. Resisting her scent. Resisting the need to touch, protect, and possess. Because the moment he stops resisting, Eliza will no longer be safe. And when betrayal comes, it will not come from an enemy. It will come from the Alpha who claimed her.