Alan burns away his ancestral wolf spirit to secure the Darkmoon throne for Blair, sacrificing his health to guarantee her coronation. Instead of gratitude, Blair cancels their wedding at the altar, strips him of military honor, and publicly elevates a sweet-talking rebel deserter to stand at her side.
Exiled and broken, Alan finds sanctuary with Vera, the fierce leader of the rival Bloodfang pack who recognizes his true worth. As rebel invaders overrun Blair's crumbling borders and Alan's legendary beast power reawakens from the ashes, the arrogant queen discovers too late that she discarded the kingdom's true protector.
