Maethys has spent her life hidden in the woods, raised to survive but never told what she was truly surviving from. When her grandmother is killed and enemies chase her through the forest, Maethys crosses into forbidden pack territory and collapses at the feet of Alpha Valik—a powerful, dangerous leader with every reason to see her as a threat. Instead, fate marks her as his mate. Valik should be her protection. His pack should be her refuge. But safety is fragile when Maethys arrives carrying secrets even she doesn’t understand. Strange enemies move in the shadows. Unknown forces hunt her across borders. And every attack seems to circle closer to one impossible question: What is buried inside her blood? As Valik fights to protect the mate he never expected, Maethys is forced to face a terrifying truth—being sheltered may not be enough. Not when the danger hunting her knows more about her past than she does. Not when something inside her is beginning to wake. And not when survival may require her to become the very thing everyone fears. The Alpha may be feared among wolves, but wolves are not the only power in this world. And if Valik’s strength is not enough to save her… Maethys may have to wake the power buried inside herself.

Astra was born a Daughter of Light.Chosen by sacred magic. Worshipped by her coven. Destined to inherit Solvane and strengthen every witch within its walls.But reverence is only another kind of cage when everyone believes they are entitled to what lives beneath her skin.With her wedding days away, Astra is expected to bind herself to Anthony—a powerful, respected witch chosen by her father to stand beside her. To everyone else, he is the perfect match. Behind closed doors, his affection becomes control, his guidance becomes punishment, and Astra begins to understand what her future will cost.Then she meets a wounded wolf beyond Solvane’s wards.Kaelen should be everything Astra was taught to fear: a predator, a shapeshifter, and an enemy to her kind. Instead, he is the first person who asks before touching her. The first who sees her magic without reaching to claim it. The first who offers her something no sacred rite ever has.A choice.Their bond awakens powers Astra never knew she possessed and draws her toward a world where strength is not measured by obedience. But witches and wolves have spent generations divided by blood, fear, and war. Choosing Kaelen would mean abandoning the coven that raised her. Remaining in Solvane may mean surrendering every part of herself that still longs to be free.And Astra is no longer willing to be useful at the cost of being whole.As rumors spread that the Daughter of Light is beginning to darken, Astra sets a dangerous plan into motion. One meant to destroy her wedding, expose the man determined to possess her, and force Solvane to release its claim.But the lie she creates will reach far beyond the walls of her home.It will attract enemies who see her as either a weapon or a threat. It will place the fragile peace between witches and wolves in jeopardy. And it will begin a chain of choices that tears Astra between the family she was born to, the family that gives her another name, and the man fate may never allow her to keep.To survive, Astra must become more than the Daughter of Light.She must discover who she is when no one else is allowed to choose for her—even if freedom means breaking apart everything she once believed she was.