“You don’t own me. I might be your mate, but I’m not your property. I’m a human being and I have feelings too..” “Who cares about your feelings? No one does. You were always a pawn for everyone. A puppet.” Zara was considered to be very lucky to have a Lycan mate.  But when her mate sends her to warm a stranger’s bed as a business deal and cheats on her with her own cousin, she decides that it was time to escape from that toxic relationship. That’s why when the stranger she spent a night with, offered her a helping hand, she took it without knowing the danger behind it. She had no idea that the billionaire Lycan she agreed to be a contract mistress of, was none other than her mate’s uncle and the future king of Corize, Mr. Diego Winston. “You’re mine now, little one. Mine to cherish, mine to destroy.” What will she do when she realizes that the man she chose was even more cruel than her mate, and entangled with his past in a way that’s hurting him and everyone around him? Will she find a way to escape Diego, or will she decide to accept her fate and stay in his cage forever?