9.2A wolfless woman fleeing debt collectors unexpectedly forms a mate bond with an Alpha, only to be abandoned afterward. Her family then forces her into an arranged marriage to settle its debts. With her husband absent from the wedding, a woman claiming to be his mistress confronts her in his home. She resolves to resist further humiliation while enduring the sixty days required by their false marriage.
9.1On the night of her major exhibition, the narrator sees husband Dante Sovrano publicly shielding business partner Isabella instead of attending. His casual explanation crystallizes four years of neglect and possessiveness. The next morning, she brings gallery paperwork to his office with divorce documents concealed beneath it. Distracted by business, Dante signs without recognizing the consequence for the marriage he has taken for granted.
8.7After being lured into an assault and losing Kai, Dulce Long discovers she is pregnant with twins and leaves the country. Nearly seven years later, she returns with two sons to investigate Kai’s death, disguising herself as Brendon Justice’s assistant. Her employer is the man from that earlier encounter, and he recognizes the woman he has spent years seeking.