​"I will never love you. But I will fuck you like I do."***​Seris Sullivan is the "cursed" runt of the pack, forbidden from the Mate Hunt. But with her wolf and her heart both failing, she defies the Alpha—only to find herself ambushed and left for dead.​Sylus Hawkins, the Howlridge’s deadly heir, was supposed to find a queen. Instead, the Goddess binds his soul to the one girl the pack demands he destroy. Sylus has no intention of obeying; he claims her, locking her into a loveless marriage. But loyalty is a lie as the pack thirsts for her blood. When a calculated frame-up brands Seris a traitor and an adulteress, she expects her mate to shield her. Instead, Sylus becomes her judge and executioner.The man who saved her life is the only one cruel enough to truly end it.And not even the child in her womb will stop him.In the wake of the betrayal, the pack is left grappling with a plague. An arcane curse rots it from within… and the Alpha finds himself at the mercy of the woman he shattered.