Elaria Valehart thought heartbreak ended with betrayal, until it made her the bride of the Alpha King. Raised as an orphan in a noble foster family, Elaria lived in the shadow of her radiant sister, until the day she walked in on her mate and her foster sister tangled in bed. But the betrayal runs deeper than infidelity. Her sister was promised to a man of mysterious power and no known bloodline… a man she didn’t want. So she stole Elaria’s mate to escape, and left Elaria to take her place. Now, Elaria finds herself standing before the altar of the most feared ruler in the werewolf Kingdom, the Alpha Alaric. Cold, commanding, and cloaked in secrets, he sees right through her, yet binds her to him with an unbreakable vow. Elaria needs to figure out a way to navigate between passion and duty. Will her new husband treat her with pity or even worse than where she came from?