Odette thought her world ended the night her father was murdered. Blind, sheltered, and suddenly powerless, she’s thrown into the hands of Evander, the cold, ruthless Alpha who ordered her father’s death.
Evander rules with iron control, feared as both Alpha of his pack and Boss of the underworld. He doesn’t believe in love. He doesn’t believe in mates. But the moment Odette enters his life, she awakens the instincts he’s spent years silencing.
She swears she hates him. He insists he doesn’t need her. Yet every glance, every breath, every clash of wills threatens to break them both.
A dangerous bond ties them together, one born of blood, power, and a desire neither of them can escape.
Will Odette remain a prisoner in his world, or will she become the one thing Evander cannot control?

"How did the glass end up in her room?" I asked, eyes still on the mirror.


"Tray slipped," Rook said. "She knocked it. Worker fell. Dishes shattered. She stepped—"


"Stop," I snapped. "I didn't ask for a story."


I dragged a breath through my teeth and made the decision I already knew I would make. "Audit the entire floor. Replace all wood trays with padded ones. Remove glassware. From now on: tin, ceramic only. She gets slippers by the bed. Rugs—thick ones. Any edge she could catch, pad it. If a corner exists, it's rounded by nightfall."


Rook scribbled notes. When he wrote she the second time, his pen hesitated over the pronoun like it might carry heat.


I almost said Mara will live. I didn't. I just gave him a level stare until he left.


Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: You failed in your duty, You left her vulnerable. She bled.