Synopsis：Three days before my marking ceremony, the bridal shop was set on fire while I was inside, trying on my ceremonial dress. Covered in third-degree burns, I drifted in and out of consciousness as the truth unfolded beside my hospital bed: Alpha Marcus refused to let the healing witch use ancient magic to restore me. He needed me disfigured so he could mark Rachel as his Luna and force me to raise her child in gratitude. The marking ceremony I’d dreamed of was nothing but a carefully crafted lie, and the mate bond I craved had become my death sentence. If that’s the fate he chose for me, I’d make sure he got exactly what he wanted—on my terms.