BLURB. Lirael Thorne spent years loving her stepbrother in secret; stolen nights, whispered promises, a future she thought was already written. Then her stepmother stood up at dinner and rewrote it in front of the whole family. Soren is given to another woman for the power she brings him. Lirael is given to Kaelric Ashdown, the alpha they call the Prince of Darkness, a man rumored to carry the blood of ancient shadow wolves and the mercy of none of them. He doesn't want a bride still grieving another man. She doesn't want a husband who looks at her like a debt he's being forced to collect. Their marriage is a wall built to hold back a war neither of them started. But something is already inside the walls. A woman Kaelric once refused is done being ignored and she doesn't need a blade to destroy Lirael. She only needs Lirael asleep. As dreams turn against her and the people she trusted start looking like strangers, Lirael has to find out who's really orchestrating her downfall before it costs her everything, including the one man she never expected to want to keep. Nocturne City runs on power, blood, and alliances that always have a price. Lirael is about to learn exactly what hers is. Will Lirael and Kaelric discover the truth before everything they cherish is destroyed?