Once again, Gabrielle’s life is reduced to shreds on a night when she could have been named the hero of the pack. Her mate is killed trying to protect her from a rogue wolf and she is rendered powerless to fight. The elders of the Grey Crescent pack, now convinced of her curse, send her off to a convent, where her curse can be broken. When Gabrielle is attacked once more by the assassin, she is saved by a Ray. She falls in love with him and when they feel the attraction of being mated, he rejects her and she is heartbroken. Gabrielle is offered a contract by the Alpha King to live in the palace and to be mated by any one of his triplet sons. Gabrielle soon learns of his hidden motives and she escapes to define her own destiny.