My son was dying. And my mate - my husband of two years - just sneered:

"That's what you fucking deserve! A sick, defective child is not fit to bear my name!"

When I rushed home to beg him one last time, I found Seraphina already standing in our living room, smirking at my shocked face. All my belongings, and our son's, were tossed outside like garbage.

"You're nothing to him now," she declared with a cruel smile, "I am carrying his child - his true heir."

Just then, a rogue Alpha stepped forward—his aura quiet but commanding:

"Be my mate, make the kid my heir, and I'll spare no effort to save his life."

I had believed it to be merely a desperate illusion, a final fragile hope in my darkest hour.

Yet against all expectation—he did fulfill his promise...

******

Abandoned by the man she once loved, Bridgette Stone is left to raise her sick child alone, struggling to rebuild her life. When Kendrick Kroft, a rogue Alpha offers her a way out—a marriage of convenience in exchange for protection—Bridgette doesn’t trust him—but she’s out of options.

Their deal is straightforward: No feelings, just survival. But the more time they spend together, the harder it is to ignore the pull between them. When threats from the past catch up to them, Bridgette and Kendrick face a choice—trust each other, or lose everything they've fought for.