To rule is to bleed. Cassandra Blackwood was born to inherit the Silvercrest throne, until the night her father surrendered their kingdom to a revolutionary usurper without swinging a single blade. Cast into the freezing wilderness with her memories torn away and her wolf locked behind a blood-stealing rune, Cassandra lives for a single objective: absolute retribution. Her path to war collides with Marcus Sterling, the ruthless Alpha of Shadow Ridge and chief enforcer for the High Wolf Council. Bound by a secret blood-oath to protect his endangered people, Marcus is sent to terminate the last Blackwood heir before her existence unravels the continent. Instead of striking, Marcus binds Cassandra in a deadly alliance, using her brilliant tactical mind to hold back an encroaching revolution along the volcanic border