Threnody, a sweet nurse, is sold in a political marriage to Sorin, the cruel Alpha known as the Ghost Wolf. To achieve an agreement for her pack, she must leave everything she knows to live with a guy who instantly rejects her as weak and useless. Isolated in his cold castle, Threnody hides a terrible secret: her healing gift forces her to feel the pain and memories of those she touches. But when killers strike and Sorin's inner beast sees its true mate, a fierce, protective urge awakens in him. He soon discovers that his "fragile" wife is the only one who can touch the tortured beast inside him, and her secret power might be the key to saving his pack from a plot that runs deeper than anyone thought.