Ember Vance fought to protect the last remaining survivors of her fallen pack. But when the ruthless Executioner’s Alpha, Julian of Blackwood, corners her, he offers an impossible ultimatum: yield her lands and bind her blood to his, or watch her people perish. To save her pack, Ember accepts the contract, only for the ritual to ignite a shocking truth—Julian is her fated mate. Tied to the man who ruined her life, Ember resolves to endure his rule without yielding her heart. But before the ink can dry on their treaty, blood is spilled, a betrayal shatters the hall, and an explosive war breaks out. Caught between a fated bond she denies and an enemy out for blood, Ember must fight alongside her darkest enemy to survive.