From a young age, the Holy See has taught me to be wary of the demons lurking in the abyss. But they never told me that the most terrifying demon actually wears sacred silver armor and sleeps beside my bed every night. Eira is the purest “Saint of Light” in the Holy See’s history—a flawless maiden raised as the ultimate weapon against the abyss. As she neared her eighteenth birthday, when the ritual of awakening was to take place, the strict cardinals assigned three of the kingdom’s finest sacred knights to protect her at all times. But Eira soon realized that there was something “wrong” with her guards. The aloof and ascetic knight leader would often stare at her with a hungry gaze when no one else was around; the elegant and charming mage assistant would use the pretext of checking the sacred seals to touch her trembling nerves with his hot fingers; and the massive, silent bodyguard would seize her ankles with his rough hands in the darkness, emitting beast-like growls. Under the strict supervision of the bishops, in the sacred confessional rooms, behind the altar where thousands prayed, these three men subjected her to extreme pressure and temptation. Her pure faith began to crumble, and her body developed a shameful desire for them. What Eira didn’t know was that those men were not sacred knights at all. They were the three most terrifying demon lords from the abyss. They had infiltrated the Holy See with the intention of destroying her, but now they decided to drag this noble saint down into the bottomless abyss of desire with them.

I was the lowborn wolf destined to be the Fated Mate of the cruel Wolf King Silas. On the night of my Mate Ball, I would kneel before the Moon Goddess and bind my soul to a monster who fed on fear and tore out hearts. So I did the unthinkable. I walked into the Crimson Pawnshop and pawned my bond. In a city ruled by vampires and werewolves, the only thing more dangerous than the Wolf King is the human behind the counter. Lin Ye has survived three years by obeying one rule: never leave the shadows. But when he accepts my pawn, he breaks every rule to keep me alive. Now I am the Fateless Wolf—the first of my kind to exist without the Moon Goddess's blessing. The pack wants to worship me. The goddess wants to erase me. And Silas wants my heart in his claws. Lin Ye says he needs me alive. I tell him to stop risking his life for mine. But in a city where even fate can be traded, the only thing we cannot pawn is the way our hands fit together when the blood moon rises. Can a human and a fateless wolf rewrite the laws of Blood Moon City? Or will the price of freedom cost us everything?