BLURB Elora Blackwood has one rule: don't be found. Seven years of scent blockers and careful invisibility have kept her safe — until debt collectors arrive at her grandmother's door and safety becomes a luxury she can no longer afford. The only offer on the table comes from Darius Nightfang, the most feared Lycan King in the North. One year as his contracted mate. Debt cleared. Grandmother treated. Simple. Except the king looks at her like he already knows something Elora doesn't. The contract was supposed to be fake. The birthmark on her back was supposed to mean nothing. And the grandmother who raised her was supposed to have no connection to a wolf's head crest sealed in black wax. Supposed to. One year. One contract. One truth that will destroy them both.