Scarlett spends five exhausting years funding Nathaniel's reckless lifestyle and propping up his family's struggling enterprise with her private capital, receiving only cold indifference in return. When Nathaniel publicly snubs her to pamper his returning childhood flame, Scarlett decides she will not waste another dollar on a callous parasite.
Walking away without a backward glance, Scarlett saves an injured wandering rogue in the forest, unaware he is the fearsome Lycan King. Backed by the monarch's boundless resources and royal army, Scarlett takes her rightful place as the reigning queen, watching Nathaniel's enterprise collapse into ruin as he crawls back begging for forgiveness.
