Ayla Rowan had spent her entire life trying to be the perfect and good wolf, but perfection means nothing when a mysterious ruin begins burning beneath her skin. Overnight, she becomes what every pack fears—an omen, a threat, a curse. Betrayed by the wolves she once called family, dragged before her Alpha without mercy, and cast out into the snow with nothing but a mark she never asked for… Ayla believes her story ends in exile. Instead, it begins with him. Kaelan Nightfang—the most powerful Alpha of the northern territories, feared by enemies and worshiped by his own. Cold, calculating, and merciless in battle, he has no reason to save a runaway she-wolf from a rival pack… yet the moment he finds Ayla trembling in the snow, something inside him shifts. Something ancient. Something dangerous. Something he refuses to name. Ayla wants nothing to do with another Alpha’s control. Kaelan wants nothing to do with fate. But the mark on Ayla’s wrist awakens power older than any pack law—and it answers to her alone. When her former pack hunts her across frozen forests and Kaelan’s enemies rise from the shadows, the truth unravels: Ayla isn’t cursed. She’s chosen. And the magic inside her is strong enough to change the balance of power between every pack in the region. To survive, she must learn to embrace the very thing that destroyed her life. To protect her, Kaelan must decide whether he is willing to defy tradition, fate, and the violent world he rules.And as enemies close in, one bond becomes impossible to ignore— The Alpha who should have been her enemy is the one wolf fate has tied to her soul.But destiny never comes without a price. Especially when the moon decides who lives, who dies, and who is meant to rise in order their world. Perfect for readers who love intense chemistry, powerful Alphas, slow-burn attraction, supernatural destiny, fierce heroines discovering their strength, and worlds where loyalty, betrayal, and forbidden magic collide.