Emily Sm:^_it;@)]h only\`@ wa)^nted to  survi%
ve anothe`*?r b.,rut )a:*l we=^ek  und_(er Alexander Blackwood,/ the _
ruthl*ess CE^^,O of Obsidian ;and the most pow:*e) \`rful \=Al.pha in North Ameri/ca. But wh?e]#n her c%at sen+ds a wildly sugg;estive GIF =)?fr*om her phone, Alexander .takes it as^.` the +/?signal he
@!has be\^en$(^ *wai ]?ting for^.%]` Thei[.r office tens ion exp.] lodes #during a bus!`iness trip to Alas ka, where ];%-Em)ily’s Ome:+!ga i$+nstinc-!ts a^:re +#triggered\ and Alexan#der  prot`ec,)+ts her from a (ho`stile wolf! pack. Terrif@ied of becoming hi_=%,s possession, Emil\y flees back to : -her family $ farm )\in!
- Ohio^, l =,eaving him only $5.50  a.\s “payment .” Furious, $-ob !ses%sed, an`d?

, half-_fer+;+al, Alex/,a;]n%#!der tracks he*^r a)cross[ t
*@hree states, wins over h%*er+#/ %%.fa/(-mily, crushes every rival, a.!nd%] drags  thei;r_] bond[`) back into the heart of M_anh attan. In ` the  e:+,,nd, Emil(y may still_ ;$d#[ream of --\:bein._!$g an indep;endent Wall S_-treet ,_,woman, b`u-t the hu!/n*[ gry wol([f she wor\`ks fo(r ;has  alre\ad@y chose n her as his _,=mate.