She is the one girl no Alpha should ever choose. Aethelia is a curse her pack cannot control. Every new moon, she loses herself—and people die, turning to sand. Feared and isolated, she is only waiting for the day her own people decide to end her life. That day comes. Until Kael stops it. Powerful. Fears. Untouchable. The Alpha who should have ordered her execution instead claims her as his fated mate. Now the pack is divided. They want her dead. He refuses to let her go. But the bond between them is not behaving the way a true mate bond should. It weakens her. It hurts him. And someone is watching… waiting for her to break. Because Aethelia was never meant to live this long. And loving her may be the one mistake Kael cannot survive.