Aria survives on the cold margins of her adoptive pack, treated as disposable labor by her vanity-obsessed stepsister Bianca. When Bianca's betrothed, the formidable Alpha King, falls into an unresponsive coma after a brutal assault, Bianca forces Aria into the sickroom to perform the grueling, day-and-night caretaking in secret.
Aria sacrifices her vitality through agonizing transfusions to pull the sleeping monarch back to consciousness, only for Bianca to claim the miraculous cure the moment his eyes open. But the revived sovereign recognizes the delicate touch and selfless scent that anchored his wandering spirit. Aria must survive Bianca's desperate murder attempts until the ruthless king tears down the lies and claims his true savior.
