He has to catch her to save her life.She has to escape to save his.The Claiming Hunt starts at midnight.Rule 1: If the Alpha catches his mate before dawn, their bond is sealed forever.Rule 2: If she escapes, his power dies. And so will he.Elara is unarmed, alone, and running.Through their mate bond, she feels Alpha Rowan’s fear, his rage, his desperation to catch her.What he doesn’t know: she’s running for him.A poison is eating him alive, and the only cure is breaking the bond.What Elara doesn’t know: if Rowan loses his Alpha power, his Beta Vane will take the pack... and put a bounty on her head.The forest is full of monsters.But the deadliest thing out here isn’t the darkness.It’s loving someone enough to let them die.In this hunt, only one of them can survive.The question is... who will break first?