The crown took everything from me.

My family. My name. My life.

I was nine when they burned my home to the ground.

Nine when I learned that survival meant becoming invisible.

For eight years, I lived as someone else.

Quiet. Forgettable. Safe.

A lie.

Because I'm not a Beta.

I'm an Omega.

And if anyone finds out, I'm dead.

Now the same crown that destroyed my family has dragged me back into its world... and bound me to the most dangerous man alive.

King Lucian Vale.

An Alpha so powerful no one dares defy him.

The son of the man who ordered my family's death.

He doesn't know who I am.

He doesn't know what I'm hiding.

But he feels it.

The closer he gets, the harder it is to breathe.

The bond between us pulls tighter with every glance, every touch?

a connection I cannot afford... and cannot escape.

Because in this world, an Alpha only reacts like this for one reason:

I'm his mate.

If the truth comes out, I won't just lose my freedom?I'll lose my life.

If he learns my past, he may be the one to end it.

I came to the palace to survive.

I stayed for revenge.

But I never expected the one man I hate...

to be the one my body was made for.