Park Taewon never expected to fall in love with an alpha, let alone one twice divorced with a teenage son. But when tragedy strikes, Taewon finds himself alone with that son, Ahn Sangwoo, a boy he never managed to understand. Then Sangwoo starts getting closer. Too close. And when Taewon unexpectedly presents as an omega, what was once grief and confusion curdles into something far more dangerous. Now entangled in a bond steeped in grief and sin, Taewon is consumed by guilt he cannot confess, and a craving he cannot cleanse. Some attachments aren’t born of love… They’re worn like a crown of thorns.