Standing before her assembled pack during the sacred bonding ritual, a devoted female wolf suffers ultimate betrayal when Cassian publicly renounces her to claim her deceitful sister Maris. To cement the humiliation, he snaps her departed mother’s moonstone pendant from her neck to crown his new favorite, discarding years of sacred loyalty.
Consigned to political exile as a sacrificial offering to Rowan Vale, the Lycan throne's supposedly dying heir, she expects a cold and grim end. Instead, the fearsome royal shocks the court by demanding whether she comes willingly. Armed with newfound sovereignty, she navigates palace intrigue, determined to rebuild her strength and make her traitorous kin regret their treachery.
