Some mates are always chosen by the moon . There are others that are blood marked.It was during the night of the Blood Moon Festival when Aria Nightwind transforms into her wolf form for the first time; and learns that her soul mate is Kael Thorne the alpha heir of the strongest pack in the realm. However, fate brings them together but Kael turns his back on her, in front of everyone.Feeling mortified by the disgrace and tormented by visions, Aria escapes to the woods cursed by her lineage where the truth of her descent starts unfolding. She is not just an ordinary wolf. She is the last descendant of the banished Wolf-witch queen, Selene, whose blood holds forbidden magic. She anchors the most powerful magics therefore possessing a fate which may destroy the world.However, when a shadow of the distant past lives, and it threatens not only the packs but also magic itself, Aria will have to return not as the rejected mate alone but the key to salvation or oblivion. And Kael is forced to decide whether he can rebel against the laws that made him or whether he can lose the very soul with which he was created to protect.Their relationship is accursed.The love between them is forbidden.but their blood... is power.