Gad Kraken was the last soldier alive when Solenne fell. Enslaved by Lord Doran, he's forced to control his own people to survive, until a strange power starts feeding on every wound he takes. Doran isn't just his captor. He was there the night Solenne was destroyed, and he's been hiding it ever since. As Gad's power grows, so does the truth: an ancient entity wants him to repeat the same betrayal that destroyed his kingdom. Freedom means confronting his captor, controlling a force that isn't his to control, and deciding what he's willing to become to save the people he has left.

Rhys Callahan was born to inherit the most powerful wolf bloodline in Thornecliff. His brother Declan and his closest friend Wade wanted the throne more than they wanted him alive. They staged his death and split the empire between them. Rhys survived, but the attack changed him. He can no longer be scented, tracked, or bonded by any wolf. Years later he returns to Thornecliff as Nash Ferro, a name no one recognizes and a wolf no one can place. He rebuilds himself in the shadows of the empire he once owned, unraveling his brother and his friend one operation at a time, until the truth of who he really is can no longer stay buried.