"Being invisible was my plan... until he claimed me." In Lunar Crest Academy, power isn't given-it's claimed. I thought I could stay invisible, slipping through the halls unnoticed, relying on my scholarship and careful ways. I was wrong. He found me. Marcus Kane. Alpha. Dominant. Feared. Magnetic. From the moment his gaze locked on me, nothing felt safe-or normal-again. Every heartbeat, every shiver, every instinct I tried to hide... he could see it. And he claimed it. One night. One slip of paper. One impossible pull I couldn't resist. I should have run. I didn't. At Lunar Crest, some marks aren't given... they're taken. And from the moment he called me "mine," I realized I didn't want to escape. Will I survive being marked by the Alpha-or will I succumb to what he's awakened inside me?

Trust is a luxury they can't afford. Maya Carter is surviving, not living. Single mom of two boys, hustling behind the bar and under the lights just to keep the lights on. She's built her life on one rule: don't get soft. But then Elijah "Eli" Thompson walks back into her world like a storm wearing calm. He's quiet, dangerous, and too familiar-the kind of man who doesn't chase love, he claims it. When he offers Maya stability, she wants to say yes. But her past won't let her. She's been hurt by love before. She's watched it turn into violence. She's watched men leave and never come back. And now her ex is getting out of prison in five days. Maya doesn't know if she's about to get saved or buried. Eli's not just a man. He's a life she never asked for but can't ignore. And when the streets start talking-when threats turn into real danger-Maya realizes the love she's running from might be the only thing that can protect her. But the price of that protection might be everything she's ever tried to keep safe.