Suffering from skin hunger, Helena buys black wolf beastman Xavier, only to endure three years of cold rejection while he fawns over knight commander Hanna. Heartbroken, she signs him away and brings home Oliver, a scarred white lion beastman from the underground arena — gentle, clingy, fiercely possessive, and utterly devoted. When Xavier finally begs for her back in tears, another man's ring already sits on her finger.
