Victoria Howlthorne has one desperate night to strip away her innocence and evade a horrifying future—being bartered as a virgin to the ruthless Alpha Moretti. In the dim corners of Devil's Lair, she seeks out a mysterious stranger, convinced he's her salvation. "Let me buy you a drink?" "Shouldn't you be somewhere else?" he murmurs with a dangerous smile. "Today's my birthday," she breathes. "I'm marking another year survived." She surrenders to him. He claims her with an intensity that feels written in the stars—a night that reshapes everything she believed about herself. Except Leo is far more than a nameless encounter. He's the commanding Alpha her family already pledged her to. She assumes she's shattered their agreement. He recognizes she's merely accepted what was always destined. As buried truths surface, craving morphs into consuming need. She sought escape from the beast. Instead, she surrendered to the Alpha who's always possessed her. Does she flee once reality emerges, or does she yield to a man whose grip will never release her?