Seventeen years old Zoella never thought being an Omega was a curse until the night her world was torn apart. Her sister and mother were brutally taken from her and sold as s*x slaves to a neighbouring Alpha as a peace offering, while her brother and father were sent to die on the front lines as mere pawns in a war. Left alone, Zoella’s fate seemed just as grim. Forced to serve as a live-in maid for her Alpha, Lord Roderick, and his cruel wife, she endured constant torment and abuse.
But when she overhears a plan to marry Lord Roderick's daughter to the powerful, deadly Alpha King, Zoella seizes the opportunity to exact her revenge on her tormentors. On the day of the wedding, she risks her life by locking the Alpha’s daughter away, disguising herself in a veil, and walking down the aisle in her place. Determined to secure a better life by becoming queen and to save her family from their doomed fate, Zoella knows this might be her only chance.
As the ceremony begins, Zoella is overwhelmed by the intensity of the Alpha King’s presence. When it’s time to kiss her new husband, she lifts the veil, revealing herself not as the daughter of an Alpha but as a lowly Omega. The Alpha King’s eyes darken, not with rage, but with an unexpected interest. He is captivated by the vengeful fire in her eyes, a boldness he hadn’t expected. He is determined to tame her, to break the spirit that challenges him.
Defiant Zoella refuses to be intimidated by the Alpha King. She’s willing to play the part of his queen if it means saving herself and avenging her family. But as their marriage progresses, they discover an unanticipated twist of fate. On the night of Zoella’s eighteenth birthday, they both realise with shock that they are fated mates—the one person each was destined to love. Now, the Alpha King is forced to accept the reality that the woman he sought to control is the one he is bound to by destiny, and Zoella must decide if she can love the man she once sought to destroy.