I sold my innocence at an underground auction to save my sister.I expected a monster. I got my ex-boyfriend’s father.WrenZane Blackpine. Ruthless Alpha. The man who forced my first love to abandon me.He bought my innocence for an exorbitant price.Now, his massive, scarred body is caging my lush frame against the door.The terrifying truth hits He didn’t break us up out of cruelty. He did it because I’m his fated mate.One night of forbidden weakness.This terrifying beast worshipping every thick, soft inch of me was all it took to bind our souls.But when his pack demands my blood...Zane chooses his crown.He brutally severs our bond in front of everyone, leaving me choking on agony.I ran with nothing but a broken soul... and a secret growing in my womb.ZaneShe was just a fragile human. My son’s first love.A forbidden temptation I should have crushed under my boot.Instead, I let her curves ruin me.I shattered my own soul to keep her breathing.For five years, I ruled with ice and violence, hunting the enemies that forced me to push my mate away.I thought I had protected her.Until I find her in a filthy alley, shielding a four-year-old girl with my golden eyes.She thinks the broken bond means she’s no longer mine.She thinks she can hide my daughter.She’s dead wrong.I will slaughter anyone who threatens them, and I will grovel on my knees in the blood of my enemies until she is mine again.Tropes & Disclaimers • Fated Mates• Ex-Boyfriend's Father & Age Gap• Devastating Rejected Mate• Secret Baby / Hidden Heir• Grumpy Alpha & Plus-Size/Curvy Human• "Touch Her and Die" Vibes• Intense GrovelingNo Cheating / Complete Standalone.Trigger Contains themes of underground auctions, emotional trauma, and intense violence suitable for mature readers.