After successfully graduating as a Lotus Boy, Tate Rossi is ready for his happily ever after. Like every other omega around him, he longs for a handsome, strong, gentle alpha to Claim him and start a family.

If only he hadn't already set his heart on a specific, arrogant and distant alpha: Lucas LeBlanc.

But Lucas - Luke for friends - never declared any interest in Tate and Tate has resigned himself to his fate, that of being Claimed by some anonymous, unknown alpha who will pay a large sum and carry him away.

Only then Luke sends an official Claiming offer, surprising Tate.

Only the question is, does Luke really want him, or is he doing it out of some misplaced sense of duty and pity?

Tate wants love. Needs it. He can't settle for less. He knows he should - he is, after all, only a Lotus Boy with no prospects in life - but the prospect of living side by side with the man he loves with no reciprocation is likely to break his heart. So he sets out to win Luke over with every means the Academy has given him.

Question is, will be enough?

What is going on in Luke's head and inside his heart?

* This is a 75,000-word mpreg shifter novel with humor and angst and misunderstandings that lead nevertheless to love and cute babies! Intended for adult readers.*