Anika Valerion waited eighteen years for a wolf that never came.

Rejected by the Moon Goddess and branded a "wolfless", the night meant to change her life became her greatest humiliation. Weak, unwanted, and powerless—that was all the world saw.

Then betrayal strikes.

Drugged and defenseless by her rival, Anika stumbles straight into the arms of the one man she was warned to fear above all else: Xander Mortain.

The Cursed Heir.

For twenty-seven years, Xander lived with a curse so deep no one could touch it—until the moment he scents her. In her, he finds the only thing that eases his agony. The only cure he has ever known.

He doesn’t believe in fate.

But he believes in possession.

Now, Xander makes her an offer she can’t refuse.

Her freedom… in exchange for her family’s survival.

And once he claims her, walking away is no longer an option.