In the shadowed world of werewolf packs, where ancient rites demand a shift under the blood moon and true mates can heal the deepest wounds... Mitchelle Ashford has been the Moonridge Pack's hidden shame for eighteen years, wolfless, concealed by her alpha father and adored only by her mother, Luna Selene, who promised the Moon Goddess had a purpose for every soul, even the seemingly cursed. But on the night of her Rite of Awakening, failure strikes: she cannot shift, the sacred wards weaken, and assassins emerge from the forest. They slaughter Selene before Mitchelle's eyes, leaving her mother’s dying plea to survive ringing in her ears. Branded unworthy and facing execution, Mitchelle is traded in a desperate treaty marriage to Alpha Adrian Throne of Shadowfang, the scarred, brutal alpha whose feral wolf unleashes uncontrollable rages, terrifying every she-wolf from bearing his heir. In a realm of primal bonds and ancient magic, can love rebuilt on truth triumph over manipulation, vengeance, and darkness? Or will the shadows of the past claim everything they fought to save?