“I, Alpha Julian Ashbourne, reject you, Nora Vance, as my mate and future Luna.” For six years, I was the quiet shadow keeping the Crescent Moon Pack alive. I balanced their ledgers, negotiated their treaties, and built the foundation of Julian’s reign. But on the night of his coronation, he traded me away—publicly rejecting our mate bond for five allied packs and the wealthy daughter of a rival Alpha. He expected tears. He expected me to beg. Instead, I handed back the silver Luna crest, turned my back on his pack, and walked directly into the forbidden territory of the Lycan King. Alpha King Cassian Blackwood is cold, lethal, and ruthless. Legend says he possesses no mate bond, showing mercy to no intruder who crosses his border. But when his warriors drag me before his throne, my wrist begins to burn with an ancient, golden light—the long-lost mark of the Moon Queen. And for the first time in his life, the untouchable King’s Lycan snaps to attention. Julian made a calculated trade, believing he threw away a worthless girl. He has no idea he just gave up the backbone of his pack—or that the deadly sovereign of the Lycan Realm will tear the world apart to keep her.