Tell me, Ivy—who f***s you better? That boy or me?” He choked out the words between grunts, his pace relentless, c**k pistoning in and out, stretching my walls. I sobbed, the tears flowing freely now, my body surrendering even as I gasped, “You... Silas, f**k, you do.” The servants' averted eyes burned into me, the humiliation twisting with ecstasy, making me clench around him tighter. ——————- In the quiet, fog-drenched corners of Elynor, a state filled with mystery and unspoken terrors , there exists a line drawn in blood that no one is supposed to cross. For Ivy Vance, life has always been a series of carefully constructed boundaries designed to keep her safe and sheltered from the shadows that her father, Arthur, always seemed to fear. At twenty one, she is an environmental law intern with a sharp mind and an even sharper desire to prove that she is more than just a billionaire’s only daughter. She wants a name for herself, but the name she has spent her entire life whispering in the dark is one that belongs to her father’s best friend.  Silas Vane is a man of glass and steel, a construction magnate whose billionaire status serves as a cold, gleaming mask for the primal power he carries in his marrow. To the public, he is a disciplined innovator. To the Shadow Pack, he is an Alpha of terrifying restraint, a leader who rose to power after his parents were slaughtered by rogues. Silas has spent nearly two decades mourning the tragedy he believes his own untamed emotions caused, and he has vowed never to let a heartbeat cloud his judgment again. He is a man who rules through wisdom and power, his striking gray eyes hiding the amber fire of the wolf that paces behind his ribs.  The tension between them is a ghost that has haunted the halls of their neighboring homes for years. Silas always had his eyes on Ivy, and Ivy held an undeniable childhood crush towards Silas but bound by his loyalty to Arthur and the crushing weight of their age gap, restrained himself, burying his own sudden, violent attraction beneath the cold earth of pack law and ancient tradition.  But destiny is a predator that does not care for human dignity or pack decrees. As Arthur falls into a coma from an ailment , Silas is forced to step into the light as his friend , claiming guardianship over the girl he once discarded. Forced proximity turns Silas’s estate into a pressure cooker of forbidden desire and unrequited longing. Ivy is no longer the shy teenager he once knew; she is a resilient woman who sees through his masks, challenging him with every gaze and every argument.  Beneath the surface of their mounting chemistry, a lethal political game is being played by Cassian, Silas’s ambitious Beta. Cassian has spent years hiding his jealousy behind a veneer of loyalty, waiting for the perfect moment to destabilize Silas’s leadership. He notices the way Silas’s control cracks when Ivy is near, the way the Alpha’s scent changes when he looks at his best friend’s daughter. Cassian manipulates the shadows, using rogue wolves and secret threats to push Silas toward a choice that will either save his heart or destroy his pack.  The truth is darker than Ivy ever imagined. Silas is not just a protector; he is the very thing her father warned her about. He is an alpha , bound by a sacred law that forbids human mates on the pain of death. When the moon is full and the rogue attacks intensify, the mystical bond between them becomes undeniable. Ivy is his fated mate, a human soul tethered to a wolf’s spirit in a way that should be impossible.  Their love is a sin in the eyes of the pack elders and a betrayal in the eyes of a father who is finally waking up to the truth. As the threat of the rogues closes in and Cassian’s treason is revealed, Silas must decide if he is willing to grovel for forgiveness or fight for the woman who has become his entire world. In a world of blood bound pacts and primal instincts, Ivy Vance will have to find the strength to stand beside her Alpha as a Luna, or face the world that wants her erased.