Kaelen Voss, heir to the feared Blackmoor Pack, has one rule: no weakness. Then his men drag in Izzy Marrow, a human healer caught saving the life of his worst enemy. To stop a pack war, the council demands a political mating, and she is the only choice they'll accept. They agree to fake the bond: a performance, nothing more. But the bond doesn't care about their terms. It flares in public, burns in private, and refuses to follow any of the rules. Now someone knows what Izzy did, and the bond they're faking may be the one thing neither of them can fake their way out of.