She was rejected, broken, left for dead. Now she's back—and he's about to learn what happens when you awaken a sleeping wolf. Celeste Ardyn's eighteenth birthday should have been the happiest day of her life. Instead, Alpha Killian Voss—the mate the Moon Goddess herself had chosen for her—rejected her before the entire Silver Moon Pack, selecting another. The severing of their bond shattered more than her heart; it broke her soul. Fleeing to the Cliffs of Mourning, ready to embrace the darkness forever, Celeste encounters something far more dangerous than death: Ronan Wolfe, the exiled Cursed Alpha with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart. "If you want to die," he growls, dragging her back from the edge, "at least die with purpose." In the Forbidden Lands, Celeste sheds her name and her tears. Under Ronan's brutal training, she becomes Luna Noctis—a warrior wreathed in shadows, magic coursing through her veins like liquid moonlight. The gentle girl who begged for love dies, replaced by something far more dangerous. Two years later, she returns. Killian's wolf recognizes her scent instantly, but his body recoils in primal terror. This isn't the broken girl who fled into the night. Luna Noctis moves like smoke, commands the darkness itself, and her violet eyes promise only one thing: reckoning. But vengeance is a double-edged blade. As Celeste unleashes her newfound power, she discovers that the rejection that nearly destroyed her was just the beginning. Ancient prophecies speak of a shadow luna who will either save the pack bonds forever or shatter them beyond repair. And as the blood moon rises, Celeste must choose: become the monster her pain created, or rise above the ashes of her former self to claim a destiny even the Moon Goddess couldn't foresee. Killian rejected her once, believing her weak. Now he'll learn that some wolves are meant to rule from the shadows. And some vengeance is worth waiting for.