She was sold to the devil. He claimed her to save his soul.For years, Aria Hale truly known as Soriel Maddox survived as a prisoner in the Hale house, her true wolf silenced by the wolfsbane her adopted family, slips into her “‘medicine”. When her cruel stepfather sells her to Alpha Viktor Vale, a powerful monster whose previous Lunas mysteriously vanished, Aria faces a terrifying end.Her only escape is a reckless bet: a marriage proposal to Viktor's gorgeous, rebellious son, Cain Corbin.Cain is a notorious rogue, but the instant he sees Aria, fate pulls them close. She is his true mate, and in a shocking act of defiance against his ruthless father, he publicly claims her. Their bond is instant and undeniable to him, but Aria feels nothing or so he thinksThey enter a six-month contract marriage but their enemies are determined to spoil their new-found marriage before it blossoms into love. Viktor closes in, he doesn't want her love; he wants her ancient blood for a dark, final ritual. Lysa, her step-sister will stop at nothing until she ruins her life.Surrounded by manipulative rivals and a power hungry Alpha desperate to claim her life for a dark ritual, Cain and Aria must fight not only for their bond but for their very survival.