Rule one: She is mine. Her life, her breath, her very soul now belongs to me. Rule two: She feels my pain. Every wound I take in the battle for my city, she feels as if it were her own. Rule three: If I die, she dies. That is the law of the Moonlight Covenant. I am Kaelen Blackwood, Alpha of this city's shadows, and I made a mistake. I was supposed to eliminate Dr. Avella Thorne when she stuck her brilliant, human nose into my world. Instead, when an ancient evil marked her for death, I did the one thing forbidden by my own law: I saved her. I bound her to me. Now, she is my prisoner. My weakness. And my secret weapon. Her scientific mind sees the patterns in the enemy's magic that my ancient eyes cannot. But she is defiant. She thinks this bond is a cage she can escape. I know it is a destiny she cannot outrun. A war is coming. A traitor in my own council wants my throne and her head. To win, I need her closer than my own skin. To keep her safe, I should send her to the ends of the earth. They told me the Covenant was a curse. But the longer I look into her silver-glowing eyes, the more I realize... she may just be the only thing worth fighting for.