Idriss Diallo—better known as L’Alpha—is one of France's biggest rappers. An intimidating Black French Alpha with a reputation for being private, ruthless with journalists, and impossible to impress, Idriss has built his entire career around control.

Until tonight.

The arena is packed. Thousands of fans scream his name as he performs beneath the lights, completely absorbed in the music.

Then he catches a scent.

One unfamiliar scent buried somewhere in the crowd.

His body reacts before his mind can understand it.

His heartbeat stutters. His senses sharpen. His skin burns with sudden heat. The noise of thousands of people becomes unbearable, everything narrowing down to one presence.

His fated mate.

Imprinting is rare—almost unheard of—and Idriss has never believed he'd experience it himself.

But he knows.

And when the concert ends, he can't simply walk away.

He follows the fading scent through the venue, finds the stranger outside, and finally comes face-to-face with the person who has just turned his carefully controlled life upside down.

He doesn't know their name.

He doesn't know anything about them.

He only knows one impossible thing:

they're his mate.

And now L’Alpha—the man who never loses control—is about to find out exactly what happens when instinct meets free will.