Your decisions shape the fragile boundary between friendship and desire. You’ve known her since childhood—same school, same secrets, same heartbeat in the quiet moments. But love like this was never allowed. And now, every glance feels like a betrayal. Of her. Of you. Of the promise you both made to stay just friends.

Your name is Selina, and your heart belongs to Kevin—a kind, unassuming man who’s been your quiet refuge from family pressure. But your parents demand you marry Adrian, heir to the family that destroyed your father’s empire. You refuse, yet as Adrian’s sincerity chips away at your resistance, loyalty begins to fracture. Then comes the night everything shatters—Kevin isn’t who he claimed to be.

Sydney Wilde is an Alpha, a Queen, and Quade Holt's mate. But fate's cruel hand has entwined their lives in a bond they both fought. As Sydney grapples with past heartbreak and the raw intensity of a mate bond she never truly wanted, Quade, scarred by his own demons, seeks a brutal revenge that blurs the lines of love and pain. Can two broken souls find salvation in shared agony, or are they destined to tear each other apart in a world where love is war?