Irene has never belonged anywhere.Born without a wolf, she is the unwanted burden of her pack… until her pack Alpha decides to offer her as a peace offering to the cursed King of the North.Everyone knows what happens to those sent to his castle.They don’t survive the night.But when the same beast comes for Irene, it doesn’t kill her…It aches for her.“Is this the part where you tear me from limb to limb?”“I do not soil my bed with the blood of my meals, only their release. Tell me, one with no wolf, will you satisfy my thirst?”