Human bride Bella believed she found eternal sanctuary when Nightshade Alpha Ryan marked her as his fated luna. But the illusion shatters when Ryan brings a needy omega into their ancestral home and begins a blatant affair, treating Bella as an inconvenient mortal pet. Refusing to swallow the disrespect, Bella uncovers the ancient territorial curses binding the wolf clan to their enchanted valley.
On the night of her annual birthday banquet, Bella tricks Ryan into executing a binding blood oath, stripping the pack of its mineral assets before broadcasting his infidelity to all allied chieftains. Slipping across the territorial border into the human world, she leaves her arrogant mate pacing the fence line in futile howling agony.
