I was born at the bottom of the pack.For nineteen years, I had been treated as the weakest wolf in Blackwood Pack—the girl everyone expected to rank last.Then, during my Ranking Ceremony, something impossible happened.Before the ceremony began, I heard a mysterious voice calling my name from inside an ancient crypt that had been sealed for years.It warned me not to trust the man who would claim me.Then I met Kade, the Alpha King.Powerful, feared, and completely untouchable, he should have had no reason to notice a girl like me.But the moment he saw the silver pendant around my neck, everything changed.When I placed my hand on the ranking crystal, it exploded.The entire hall froze.Everyone stopped moving.Everyone except Kade and me.Then a massive shadow appeared behind me, carrying the same golden eyes I had seen inside the crypt.Kade looked at me as if he had just discovered a secret capable of destroying the entire werewolf world.“You're not the last rank, Ava.”His words changed everything I believed about myself.Now the pack wants answers.The Alpha King wants to know who I really am.And something ancient has awakened in the darkness.If I want to survive, I must uncover the truth about my bloodline before the wolves hunting me discover it first.