BLURB Paedyn Nova was never supposed to survive. Not after her parents were slaughtered. Not after being enslaved by her uncle. Not after being trained to kill at his command.But when her latest mission—to assassinate the infamous Alpha Cardan Montessori—goes horribly wrong, she is thrown into a fate far crueler than death.Because Cardan is not just any Alpha. He is her fated mate.Captured and dragged back to his pack, Paedyn is forced to confront the terrifying bond between them. Cardan wants answers. She wants freedom. And the ghosts of their pasts threaten to shatter them both.But when the truth is revealed—that Cardan himself was the one who murdered her parents—Paedyn’s vengeance turns into a nightmare neither of them can escape.Because she may hate him. But the mate bond does not care.And the more they fight each other, the closer they come to the war that will destroy them all.