Alina Mellow's vicious ultimatum echoes in Camilla Rasort's mind: transform her happiness into despair, turn her mate against her, reduce her to servitude. One month to destroy everything—or watch it crumble anyway. Sold to the ruthless Alpha Killan as his mistress, Camilla discovers he is her fated mate. But when his ex-girlfriend dies under suspicious circumstances, accusations of poisoning fall on her shoulders. Banished from the pack with her reputation shattered, Camilla survives the city streets through whatever work she can secure. Then her dormant wolf awakens—except she isn't a werewolf. She's a Lycan, her true nature hidden until maturity at twenty years old. With her childhood best friend Ash Moon at her side, Camilla returns to reclaim her pack and settle accounts with those who wronged her. But a small boy changes everything: a child who is the spitting image of the man she once loved as mate and husband. As vengeance calls and maternal instinct wars within her, Camilla must decide if this innocent life will become her greatest strength or her fatal weakness.