Evie returns to her royal pack after surviving three years of torment at an unforgiving frontier academy, sent away under false accusations manufactured by an imposter. Her parents and siblings welcome the scheming substitute with open arms while dismissing Evie as an ungrateful nuisance. Stripped of her royal privileges and bearing hidden mutilations beneath her heavy coat, she maintains a stony silence in the mansion that once belonged to her.
The fragile peace shatters when her father lashes out in anger, dislodging the prosthetic limb that exposes years of horrific torture. As guilt crumbles her family's delusions, Evie refuses their tearful apologies and plots to dismantle the usurper who stole her crown. Reclaiming her birthright means severing ties with the bloodline that failed her before the false princess destroys the entire pack.
