The last thing Lyra Veyne expected when Adrian Draven returned was for the Alpha who once called her his friend to look at her like an enemy.Years ago, their families were torn apart by a betrayal Lyra never understood. Now Adrian is the Alpha of Blackthorn Pack, and whatever forgiveness once existed between them is long gone.He remembers what her father did.He remembers what it cost his family.And he has no intention of letting Lyra forget it.But when strange things begin happening to Lyra, she starts to wonder if the secrets surrounding her family run deeper than she was ever told.Then someone sees something they were never supposed to see.Something that should not exist.Something that could change everything.As whispers spread through Blackthorn Pack and Adrian begins searching for answers, Lyra finds herself trapped between an Alpha who refuses to trust her and a secret she doesn’t even understand herself.But why does Adrian feel like there is something strangely familiar about her?And why does someone seem desperate to make sure the truth about Lyra never comes to light?Maybe her father’s betrayal was never the whole story.Maybe Lyra was never supposed to discover what she truly is.And maybe the Alpha who hates her is the one person who was never meant to become her greatest secret.

I was the wolfless disgrace of the pack, the Alpha’s shame, the daughter who never shifted, and the girl they traded away like damaged goods.When my father stripped me of everything, he gave my fiancé to my stepsister, Elara, and forced me to marry his dying brother, Adrian Blackthorn, the once-feared Alpha of Blackridge.A man rotting from silver poison, a poison no healer has ever cured.His wolf has been silent for ten months. His council is already plotting his downfall, and his own brother is waiting for him to die so he can seize the Alpha throne.My fate was sealed the moment they sent me to his frozen mountain keep, where I was expected to become the wife of a dying Alpha, watch him take his final breath, and spend the rest of my life as a forgotten widow.Meanwhile, Elara celebrated the future she had stolen from me, and my father cast me aside as though I had never been his daughter.They believed I was powerless, a worthless bride with nothing left to offer.But something strange happened when I touched my dying husband.For the first time in ten months, the silver poison began to fade, and beneath Adrian’s cold, broken exterior, something stirred.His wolf.The man who never wanted a bride might be the only person capable of uncovering the truth about me, and I might be the only one who can save him.But with his enemies closing in and his throne hanging by a thread, one question remains:Can I save the Alpha who was never meant to love me, or will I lose everything before I discover the power hidden inside me?