Ember Thorne should be grateful for her scholarship to Silvermoon Academy, the most prestigious Luna training institution in the werewolf world. Instead, she's drowning in a sea of elite Alpha daughters who make it clear: scholarship students don't belong. When the most powerful Alpha heir, Lucian Ashford, shocks everyone by choosing her as his training partner over royalty, Ember becomes the academy's most hated student. But Lucian's choice wasn't random, he's investigating a dark conspiracy, and Ember is the key. During her first healing lesson, Ember's eyes turn silver; the mark of Luna Astrid Silvermoon's bloodline, a power that nearly overthrew the Alpha hierarchy two hundred years ago. Now Ember discovers the horrifying truth: Silvermoon Academy doesn't train scholarship students. It hunts them. Forty-four scholarship students have died in mysterious "Ascension Ceremonies" where their ancient powers are harvested to strengthen the elite. Ember is next on the altar unless she can master her abilities, survive her enemies, and dismantle the conspiracy from within. But fighting back means trusting the one Alpha who sees her worth and risking a mate bond that could destroy them both.