Thorns

Amy is a photographer and secret Omega living with her gay childhood friend, Sonic, a Beta who helps her maintain her cover and avoid becoming bound to an Alpha and losing her independence.

She meets Shadow, a billionaire CEO of a pharmaceutical company (and, of course, an Alpha) with a dark/tragic past (I give you 1 guess as to who is involved with that), at a $1,000 per plate donor dinner for Rouge's mayoral campaign, for whom Amy does photography.