Two sharp fangs pierced my neck as a voice claimed me in the darkness: "Mine." In that moment, I became the property of the Alpha of Darkness—though I didn't understand what that meant. I was branded a curse. When calamity struck the village, they needed someone to blame, and I became their scapegoat. My family was slaughtered before me. My body was beaten until it bled. They cast me into a cave so dark and terrifying that escape seemed impossible. Weak and broken, I waited for death to claim me. But I wasn't alone in that darkness. Something watched me—sniffing my scent, tracking my heartbeat, studying me from the shadows. When I hung between life and death, he emerged and spoke those words again: "Mine." Years later, I enrolled at University, and three formidable Alphas entered my world. The most arrogant of them—the Campus King, ruler of all Alphas—bore a connection to my bitemark that shattered everything I thought I knew. My entire existence had been orchestrated. How could I trust anything when my life was nothing but an elaborate lie?