In a world ruled by demon bloodlines, shifters are not people. They are property. Bought. Sold. Bred. Broken. When Selene Mulkinov returns home to inherit her family's empire, she expects cruelty, politics, and the suffocating expectations of nobility. She does not expect him. A violent wolf shifter dragged from the underground fighting pits in silver shackles and a muzzle, infamous for surviving beatings that should have killed him. Fang is dangerous. Unstable. Untamed. At least, that is what everyone keeps telling her. But monsters are not supposed to look at their owners with hatred in their eyes. They are not supposed to speak like kings. And they certainly are not supposed to make a demon heiress question everything she has ever known. Because something beneath Fang's skin feels wrong. Ancient. Terrifying. And the closer Selene gets to the collared wolf sleeping beneath her roof... the more she realizes some creatures were never meant to wear chains.