On her birthday, Zoey was drugged and secretly taken to an underground auction by her father, where she, a flawed she-wolf unable to shift, became the cheapest lot. Frantically seeking an escape, hoping to stumble upon a lifeline, she crashed into the arms of a handsome and powerful Alpha. His gaze upon her was peculiar, filled with intense possessiveness, twisted desire, and a strange obsession. Zoey thought she had fortuitously found her soulmate, but little did she know, the Alpha was merely using her as a substitute for someone he couldn't forget. Unable to bear the reality, Zoey fled, but the prideful Alpha, mad with desire, recaptured her, demanding her submission in various ways... He forbade her from wearing clothes in his presence and warned her never to attempt escape again. Eventually, during a moment of bewildered climax, Zoey heard him whisper, "Perhaps... I have fallen for a stand-in."