Dumped by text on Valentine’s Day and branded a failure by her own family, Red has nothing left to lose.Expelled from college for a crime she didn’t commit, she follows her mother and successful older sister to Chicago—a city as cold and unforgiving as the life waiting for her there. Jobless, isolated, and constantly compared, Red begins to fade into the background of her own existence.Until the night she walks into a club and locks eyes with a man she should never have met.He is power wrapped in silence. A king feared even among monsters.And the moment he sees her, something ancient awakens.Red is human.He is an Alpha King.And their bond is forbidden.In a world where mates are weaknesses and love is a death sentence, their connection becomes a dangerous secret—one he tries to destroy before it destroys them both. But fate is ruthless, and rejection cannot break what destiny has already claimed.As dark truths surface and bloodlines collide, Red must confront the truth behind her downfall… and the reason she was never as ordinary as she believed.Because some girls aren’t born to be loved.They are born to be claimed.