“I was the heartbeat of his pack until he made me a ghost. Now, he’s begging for my mercy but I’ve already tasted a King.” Seraphine. Seraphine spent years in the shadows of the Blood Crest pack, the devoted mate to Alpha Alaric. She was the silent strength behind his rise, the Luna who bled for her people. But when Alaric’s brother falls in battle, he brings his "fragile" widow and her pup into their home.In an instant, Seraphine is replaced. Alaric moves her out of their suite to "give the widow space," strips her of her duties to "reduce her stress," and ignores the bond that once defined them. In her own home, Seraphine becomes a ghost unseen, unheard, and eventually, discarded.But the shadows have a way of whispering back.When a territorial dispute leads Alaric to abandon Seraphine on the battlefield to shield the widow from a mere scratch, she is left to die. Instead, she is found by Malachi, the ruthless King of the Shadow Lycans. A man who has spent a lifetime as Alaric’s most feared rival, Malachi doesn't see a broken female; he sees the true Shadow Luna a warrior with a power that could bring the world to its knees.Under Malachi’s possessive and intense protection, Seraphine stops being a ghost and begins to rise. She finds a mate who doesn't just see her he worships her.When Alaric finally realizes the widow was a master manipulator and his pack is crumbling without Seraphine’s light, he comes crawling to the Shadow Realm's gates. He’s howling for a second chance. But he’s met by the cold steel of a King’s blade and the dark, indifferent gaze of the Queen he created.Seraphine is done with second chances. And Malachi? He’s just getting started.