They sold her to him like cattle. Married to him like a political deal. And she ran as he gazed through her as if she were nothing. Marianne Matthews did not ask to be turned over to the most feared Alpha King on the planet. She didn't want to have his children either. But when his harsh words sliced more painfully than any blade she chose the only choice she had left – she went into the night with his secret growing inside her. Two. Years. Two adorable kids. She created a new life out of nothing. Then he came back in. Jerome Hale has been hunting a ghost for two years, slowly losing his mind, destroying everything in his path trying to find the woman he never deserved. When he had her, he didn't know she was his match. Now that he has, he’ll burn the whole world down before he lets her go again. But someone else wants her as well. And someone in his own house wants her killed. With enemies on all sides and old wounds ripped open, two innocent lives hang in the balance. Marianne must decide if the man who broke her heart is to be trusted with it a second time. *Some second chances are risky.* Some love stories begin with a betrayal.*And some friends are worth every scar it takes to find your way back*