He's the monster every pack fears. She's the broken mate who could destroy him.

Sophia Miller thought her biggest worry was surviving the Moon Ball without embarrassing her Beta father. She never expected to lock eyes with Alexander Blackwood?the brutal Alpha whose name is whispered in terror across every territory.

One look. One touch. One mate bond that changes everything.

But their fairy tale turns into a nightmare when enemies use Sophia as bait to destroy the most feared Alpha in North America. Kidnapped, tortured, and injected with a poison that severs mate bonds forever, Sophia loses everything that made her whole.

Including her ability to love him back.

Now she's free. But freedom feels like dying.

Alexander will burn down the world to save her. But how do you fight for someone who can't remember why you matter? How do you love someone who can't love you back?

Six months later, Sophia returns?but she's not the same woman who was taken.

Cold. Clinical. Broken in ways that can't be fixed.

She can't feel the mate bond. Can't feel love, joy, or hope. The poison stole everything except her memories of what she used to be.

But Alexander refuses to give up. He'll take her friendship if that's all she can give. He'll take her respect if that's all she has left. He'll take whatever pieces remain and prove that some bonds are stronger than chemistry.

Because sometimes the greatest love stories aren't about finding your mate.

They're about choosing them anyway.

Can two broken souls build something real from the ashes of what they lost? Can duty become love? Can a beast learn to be gentle with a beauty who can't feel his touch?

Or will the enemies who destroyed them once finish what they started?