Alpha Derek barges into an abandoned woodland shack prepared to force his exiled mate Chloe into accepting responsibility for another aristocratic scandal. Blinded by the deceptive charms of his favored concubine Selena, Derek remains completely unaware that the woman he seeks perished three winters prior from untended illness and profound grief after he stripped away her medical status.
Looming beside him as an invisible, sorrowful phantom, Chloe observes the agonizing moment Derek stumbles upon historical pack archives and untainted medical journals. As Selena's elaborate fabrications crumble under undeniable evidence, Derek realizes his cruelty claimed the lives of both Chloe and her innocent sibling, leaving him drowning in permanent remorse.
