Each year lykaen princess Sarina Brunes goes through her breeding cycle—a powerful force that makes the desire to mate nearly inescapable. When Sarina is sent away by her father to endure the breeding cycle alone, she never expects a sexy Alpha to come to her doorstep.When Alpha Vane Kategan stumbles upon Sarina in her breeding cycle, he is determined to help her, if only to ease her pain. However, she is resilient and denies them both what they so desperately want. Vane isn’t a man who takes no for an answer. He won’t give up on his seduction until they both find bliss. What neither of them count on is falling in love. At the time when they need each other the most, they are torn apart by her father’s cruelty.Now Sarina must fight to be with the one she loves and risk losing the only family she has left in the process. Can Sarina escape her father’s grasp for the arms of the man she loves?