When my parents died, I became Victor Ashford’s ward. The billionaire Alpha who’s known me since I was a baby. Who watches me with gray eyes that see right through me. Who makes me feel small and safe and terrifyingly *wanted*.
I’m eighteen. He’s forty-four. He’s supposed to protect me.
Then my first heat hits—and his rut answers.
“You’re not a burden, sweetheart. You’re everything I’ve been waiting for.”
His hands span my entire waist. His body covers mine completely. His praise puts me back together piece by piece, until I finally believe I’m worth wanting. And when he tells me he asked my parents for permission to love me? That he’s wanted me longer than I ever knew?
I thought I was his obligation. Turns out I was his choice all along.
A high-heat omegaverse romance featuring knotting, breeding, and an Alpha who spent three years waiting for permission to claim his perfect Omega.









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