After draining my healer’s magic to cure Kael, my fated mate bypasses my collapsed body to rescue his predecessor’s widow, Selene. "Sector Gamma is now a decoy zone," the system broadcasts. Kael has altered the barrier, leaving me defenseless against the vampire that rips away my wolf spirit. At tonight's Final Binding Ceremony, my hollow shell will shatter if forced to absorb Kael's Alpha energy. To survive, I must publicly sever our mate bond with a silver dagger. This irreversible choice will brand me a pack traitor and leave me human forever. Commanding my obedience, Kael expects me to submit. He doesn't know I hold the barrier modification log stamped with his Alpha seal. When I finally bare my unhealing chest, will this forbidden severance bring my Alpha to his knees?