Brask rejected me in front of the whole pack. By nightfall, a second bond tore through my chest, to the one man no wolf was supposed to be able to bond with: his brother, Vale, the broken one who vanished into the woods after his own mate "ran away." Now I live in Vale's locked house, where he's gentle, patient, and far too certain I belong to him. Brask wants me dead. Vale wants me to stay. Both are lying about why. Then I find what's buried beneath the Moon Shrine, and I learn that fate was never the one choosing.

My husband shut the ballroom doors and left me to burn. The world covered my ashes with a coffin and called me a tragic wife. But I managed to escape, even with scarred hands, a stolen name, and a debt to pay for the fire. Now I am "Hera," the maid in Bryce Donovan's house, who is known as the most feared man in the city. He doesn't trust my story; he watches me like I’m prey, and I find myself wanting him despite knowing it’s wrong. Then I discover that the fire wasn’t just my husband’s doing. Bryce's own family started it, and the man I'm with might be holding the matches.