Ellis is fading fast, and his life hangs by a thread. As a weak Omega, he requires his mate's skin-to-skin contact to survive, but betrayal has left him alone and dying. Zane, the fiercest Alpha of the North, arrives and recharges him in a way no one else can. Desperate to stay alive, Ellis must charm his way into Zane's bed. The situation turns complicated when Ellis sees his ex call Zane father.