On her eighteenth birthday, Selene Vance expected her inner wolf to awaken and her fated mate to claim her. Instead, she is declared scentless, a defective omega with no wolf. To make her humiliation absolute, her childhood sweetheart and newly crowned Alpha, Brody, cruelly rejects her in front of the entire pack to claim a high-status Luna.Stripped of her rank, abused, and left for dead by her tormentors, Selene flees into the forbidden Death Woods, expecting the end.She doesn't expect him.Xavier Bloodmoon is the legendary Lycan King. Ruthless, terrifying, and cursed with a creeping madness born from a missing mate, he is feared by all supernatural races. But the moment his shadow falls over Selene’s broken body, the impossible happens: a mystical sparks ignite, shattering Xavier’s curse and breaking the seals on Selene’s hidden, ancient power. She isn't defective, she is a mythic Lunar Wolf.Chosen by the Moon Goddess for a rare Second Chance Bond, Xavier carries his new Queen to his golden palace, wrapping her in his fierce protection and teaching her how to rule.Meanwhile, back in the Silver Moon Pack, without Selene's hidden blessing, ruin falls upon them. Alpha Brody realizes too late that he threw away a goddess for a pebble. Desperate and plagued by regret, Brody tracks Selene down, demanding his "first mate" back.But he will have to face the wrath of the Lycan King first. And Xavier does not share what is his.