Elena Rose has spent most of her life believing her mother abandoned her. When she was eight, her mother placed a silver pendant around her neck, whispered a warning never to show it to anyone,especially her father and disappeared into the night. Elena has kept that secret ever since, even as her father searched her room again and again, his questions growing sharper and his health growing worse. In the Kingdom of Draven, every wolf transforms on their twentieth birthday. It is the night that decides rank, power, and place and her father throws a grand celebration, certain his daughter will finally prove herself. But when the moon reaches its peak, nothing happens. Elena does not shift,the pack immediately turns on her,she is branded Forbidden and cast out. Then Alexander Draven, the powerful Alpha soon to be crowned King, sees her. His wolf claims her as mate,for one heartbeat she believes fate has finally given her something good. In front of the entire kingdom, he rejects her. Banished and broken, Elena is attacked by rogue wolves. The pendant her mother left behind begins to glow. Her mother’s spirit appears and tells her the truth, Elena is Moonborn,one of the rarest and most dangerous bloodlines alive. Her wolf, Lunara, awakens with terrifying power. When Elena returns, the same pack that mocked her now fears her. Alexander’s rejection cannot erase the mate bond but his wolf refuses to let her go. But Elena’s father and Alexander’s ambitious political partner, Victoria, have already begun plotting. They know the only way to control a Moonborn is to separate her from the pendant at midnight. They use Alexander and puts him under a spell to steal it. The ritual fails. Something far older and far more dangerous wakes inside Elena. The girl who was once rejected now holds the power to destroy everyone who ever hurt her. The only question left is whether she will spare the mate who once cast her aside,or make him live with the consequences of what he did