Elara Vale stumbles on her destiny when she finds her mate on the night while she is asleep.Her man happens to be Kael Draven, the brutal Lycan King who is dreaded by all other packs.He does not, however, take her as his wife, but rejects her in front of the entire royal court.Shamed and devastated, Elara is cornered within the perilous confines of the one man who refuses to let her out of his palace.But mysterious things start to happen around her.She is known as the mother of the ancient creatures. Symbols are on her skin that are forbidden. The whispers of some forgotten power, known as the Blood Crown, start to circulate around the kingdom.As her enemies creep out of the shadows and her deadly secrets are revealed, Elara knows her rejection had nothing to do with weakness.It was about fear.The Lycan King is concealing the truth:His rejected mate might be the most lethal woman around.