Etienne, the beloved illegitimate son of a duke and childhood friend of two of the empire's most powerful heirs, was born a beta. But after a sudden fever and a string of strange visions, he wakes up with memories that do not feel like his own… and a creeping certainty that something is terribly wrong.
The world feels like a story he has already read. A story where he dies at the hands of his supposed fated mate.
Determined to survive, he makes a plan: escape before he presents as an omega, before anyone discovers what he truly is, and before fate comes to claim him.
However, in a world muddled with politics, pheromones, and secrets buried beneath imperial bloodlines, Etienne soon learns that trying to outrun destiny may be the most dangerous move of all.