Seris Sullivan is the cursed runt of Howlridge, forbidden from the Mate Hunt and dying alongside the wolf inside her. Desperate to survive, she breaks the Alpha’s command in search of salvation, only to be ambushed left for dead.​ Sylus Hawkins, the Howlridge’s deadly heir, was supposed to find a queen. Instead, the Goddess binds his soul to the one girl the pack demands he destroy. Sylus has no intention of obeying; he claims her, locking her into a loveless marriage. But loyalty is a lie as the pack thirsts for her blood. Someone frames Seris as a traitor and a adulteress, she expects her mate to shield her. Instead, Sylus becomes her judge and executioner.The man who saved her life is the only one cruel enough to truly end it.And not even the child in her womb will stop him.In the wake of the betrayal, the pack is left grappling with a plague. An arcane curse rots it from within… and the Alpha finds himself at the mercy of the woman he shattered.