“They call me a child of the storm, though I was born in silence. My parents died when the moon raged and the sky fell into silver fire. Since then, I’ve lived in the shadows of Aurelia, stitching gowns for nobles who look up at the shattered moon and see beauty — while I feel its hunger gnawing at my skin.I thought I was ordinary. A seamstress, a dreamer, someone who admired the glow of the towers but never belonged inside them. But when the Fifth Pulse came, the truth bared its teeth. My blood burned, my body twisted, and for the first time I saw myself — not as a girl, but as a wolf.They say I am the last Sentinel. That my howl will decide whether humans or wolves will rule the night. But I am also a woman. And my heart beats for him — the soldier who was sent to destroy me. How do I choose between the world and the man I love, when both are already bleeding beneath a broken moon?”

Twelve years ago, Aerin Vale saw her family butchered. Stranded in a linen chest and choking on her own scream, she was haunted by the sight of a black snake tattoo on a man's wrist. Now she's Lena Vale, using the name of a dead woman to gain entry into the realm of the Moretti crime family with only one aim: revenge. And nothing could have prepared her for him. Luca Moretti— the snake tattoo guy, the one who had spared her life that night. He has no idea who she is yet, but when they meet in a hot night of passion, it all goes haywire. He becomes obsessed. As the line between hatred and desire is worn thin, Aerin must decide what's more important— revenge or the man who refuses to let her go. He saved her life once but now he desires to own it.