Tessy Brown endured three years of marital suffering in silence, trapped by obligations to her father's business. When her husband brazenly replaces her with his ex-girlfriend, presenting the other woman as his new wife on her birthday, Tessy's world shatters. Seeking solace in alcohol and desperation, she surrenders to a passionate night with a mysterious stranger from her workplace—a single act that shatters the chains of her old life and thrusts her into a realm of impossible truths and forgotten memories. *** Roman Gavriel, the fearsome Lycan king commanding all werewolf territories and a ruthless billionaire in human society, has endured centuries cursed to reject any woman's touch. Grieving his lost mate, he became a hollow shell, testing countless methods to escape his eternal torment. A failed suicide attempt lands him in a hospital bed where he encounters her—and suddenly, every emotion he methodically destroyed roars back to life, consuming him entirely. In that instant, Roman knows with absolute certainty: she belongs to him, and he will never release his claim.