Lyra endures brutal enslavement within the Blackthorn pack, forced toward the altar by the tyrannical warlord who slaughtered her noble kin. In a sudden coup, the warlord's ruthless son Asher strikes his father down, claiming Lyra as his personal prize while taking an ambitious political consort to divert pack hostility.
Subjected to venomous torture by Asher's jealous nominal bride, Lyra discovers Asher's public cruelty is a desperate facade to keep her alive until he secures power. When a factional rebellion breaks out, Lyra unleashes her hidden royal wolf bloodline, slaying the rebel commander on the battlefield to claim her fated throne.
