Lyra Vaelwyn has spent her entire life as an outsider in the most powerful pack in the realm.No wolf.No true place.No idea why the King’s presence makes her heart race… and ache at the same time.But when the brutal King Kael Draven is forced to take a chosen mate before her eyes, something inside Lyra shatters—though she doesn’t understand why.Because the truth is far more dangerous than she could ever imagine.He has always known.From the moment she was born… Lyra was his.Bound by fate.Claimed by instinct.Forbidden by duty.As the realm begins to crumble under the weight of unmated power and hidden betrayal, Lyra is thrust into a war she was never meant to survive.Kidnapped. Broken. Awakening something ancient within her…She is no longer the girl without a wolf.She is the balance the realm has been waiting for.And when her true mate finally loses control…There won’t be anything left to stop him.