The night of the fire, my husband ran past me and saved his first love instead. I lay trapped in the flames, screaming his name, but he never looked back. In that instant, ten years of marriage turned to ash. To reclaim my father's legacy, I was forced into a contract marriage with a stranger. I thought it was just a transaction—until I discovered that my mysterious "husband" was none other than Enzo Black. The most feared mafia don in Chicago. The same man who had pulled me from the burning building that night. Cold, ruthless, and dangerously possessive—he tore up the divorce papers and trapped me in his world. "You signed your name. You're mine. There's no escape." My ex-husband's schemes, my rival's betrayal, the battle for my family's empire—one by one, he crushed them all and stood between me and every threat. I once believed love was betrayal and pain. Until he kissed away my tears and whispered, "Princess, this time… let me protect you."

Five anniversaries. Five times my alpha mate left me waiting to be with Celeste, his first love. On the night he set off fireworks across the city for Celeste, I finally decided to reject him and got a divorce. He laughed. "Don't be ridiculous. You're just a human. What would you even do without me?" He always thought I was nothing more than a lowly human. He had no idea I actually possessed rare werewolf blood. I wasn't some Luna unworthy of him—I was a formidable she-wolf. When he finally discovered the truth, he regretted everything and knelt, begging me to take him back. Too late.

Five years. That's how long I survived behind those iron bars for a crime I didn't commit. A crime that my own parents pinned on me to protect my sister, Laura. My mate, Alpha Victor Smith, promised to wait for me. He promised to protect our newborn twins. Promised it would all be okay. But, he wasn't there when the prison gates opened. I found him at a Valentine's Day celebration instead, standing beside Laura like she belonged there. My son Jasper doesn't recognize me as his mother. He hates me, he sees only the murderer everyone told him I was. Now my sister wears my life like a stolen coat—my mate, my son, even my legacy. She's taken everything while I rotted in a cell for her crime. But I'm done being their scapegoat. I'm petitioning the council for a divorce. I'm going to expose every lie, clear my name, and reclaim everything they stole from me. They should have killed me instead of just caging me. Now they'll learn what a betrayed Luna can do.