Sold for a debt she did not owe, Asha Ryder expected to find a monster at the end of her chains.Instead, she found the one thing she never thought she’d have again: a second fated mate.Zade Thornehill is powerful, deadly, and everything an Alpha mate should be, except he refuses to mark her. He keeps her at arm's length, fighting a bond that should be unbreakable just to keep her alive.When the ancient seal of a bloody prophecy breaks and the final countdown begins, will their bond be her salvation... or the trigger for her execution? Can Asha survive the man who was cursed to be her ruin?