Elle Carson was never meant to be inside Chamber Nine. A last-minute cancellation, a desperate shift manager, and one wrong step put her face-to-face with the most dangerous Alpha the Werewolf Breeding Facility had ever contained. Liam was supposed to be sedated—controlled. Instead, he woke, scented her… and decided she was his fated mate. Now, Elle's caught in a whirlwind of heat, instinct, and pleasure that defies every protocol. She was just an employee. He's a werewolf driven by primal need. But the more she resists, the more her body responds—to his touch, his voice, his knot. And when Liam makes it clear that he doesn't just want to claim her… he wants to breed her, Elle will have to decide if she's running away from something forbidden—or surrendering to the only thing that's ever truly made her feel alive.