Three years after their split, Serena finds herself face-to-face with Kane again at a Manhattan luxury hotel—only now he is a powerful werewolf Alpha. Still nursing deep resentment over how she chose his half-brother and left him to face poisoning and death alone, Kane turns their reunion into a cold public humiliation for the hotel receptionist. Their misunderstandings have hardened into open hostility, but beneath the shame and anger, neither of them has truly moved on.