"I warned you," I said. "Back then, I didn't understand what Elena meant to me. I hesitated. And you used that hesitation to hurt her. You all did." My eyes hardened. "That mistake ends now. No one lays a finger on her again. Not you. Not her. Not anyone. No exception with family.."
***
About Elena, lying on that table, fighting for her life. And about the girl whose mother had vanished, the same girl who had caused me this surge of helpless anger and fear. If the Moon Goddess had abandoned us tonight, I would take matters into my own hands. I would bend the world if I had too.
**
He left her on the streets. His brother-in-law picked her up… and made her his wife.
On the day her ex, Mark, married the wealthy socialite Bella, Elena was thrown out with nothing but the clothes on her back—humiliated, broken, and utterly alone.
Until Eric Thompson appeared.
Bella's older brother. Mark's powerful brother-in-law. And the most feared Alpha in the city.
He offered her a hand when no one else would. Then, he offered her a deal:
A marriage in name only. A shield against her past. A chance to rebuild.
Elena accepted, expecting a cold arrangement between strangers. But behind closed doors, Eric's carefully guarded control unraveled—and so did hers. Their chemistry was explosive, their nights intense, and the lines between business and pleasure blurred beyond recognition.
He was the one man she could never have… and the only one she couldn't resist.
But when Mark realizes what he truly lost, and Bella discovers the secret behind her brother's bride, Elena must decide:
Is this just a contract?
Or is this the love she was always meant to fight for?
