The Alpha Clause

At first, Catherine says no. The man across from her, Eric Wood, CEO of Wood & Sons Legacies (WSL), is as powerful as he is insufferable. Cold, controlling, dangerously magnetic… an Alpha in every cruel sense of the word. His terms are simple: total exclusivity. He doesn’t just want her work. He wants to control everything — her time, her choices, her freedom. Catherine isn’t a possession. She says no. But reality hits hard. Her world collapses. No paycheck. Her alcoholic, irresponsible father burns through the emergency funds. And her fourteen-year-old brother, Liam, will have to drop out of school if she doesn’t find money fast. Catherine is alone, cornered by the impossible. Pride doesn’t feed anyone. And dignity doesn’t pay the debts. Broken but out of options, she has no choice. She goes back to Eric and accepts his terms. She signs. From that moment on, she belongs to him. He clears every debt… but in exchange, she’s at his disposal. Completely. In this world, humans know nothing about werewolves. But Catherine starts noticing things she can’t explain away. Looks, instincts, behavior… Eric isn’t normal. A quiet, crawling fear takes root in her and grows every day. Cornered, Eric finally tells her the truth: he isn’t just a man. He’s a werewolf. An Alpha. Catherine realizes the horror of what she’s done: she just sold her freedom to a creature she never thought could exist. Now she has to survive two terrifying truths: she sacrificed her independence to save her brother… and the man who owns her isn’t human.