On the night of her fated mate ceremony, Selene… the Alpha’s daughter, though too weak to shift, faces her greatest humiliation. Gavin, the Beta’s son, rejects her in front of the entire pack, choosing another as his mate. Cast out by her father and jeered by her people, Selene is exiled into the Forbidden Woods, left to die at the claws of rogues. But death doesn’t claim her. Adrian, the cold prince of the Crimson Court, finds her bloodied and broken. A vampire feared even by wolves, he saves her for reasons even he cannot name. Drawn into his shadowed world, Selene discovers a dangerous pull between them… one that defies pack law, and her own broken heart. Selene must choose between the world that rejected her and the dark, powerful mate fate has bound her to. But in a realm of betrayal, blood, and forbidden love, destiny is never simple.