Elara Vance grew up as the pack runt. Nobody wanted her. Then fate named her Ryker's mate — and his wolf recoiled from her like something was wrong with her blood. He rejected her in front of everyone. Nobody knew why his wolf reacted that way. Not even Elara. Days later, her father hands her off to Kaelen Thorne, the Alpha everyone fears. She expects a monster. Instead she gets a husband who married her for one reason: revenge against her father. She's the debt he's collecting. But living with your enemy changes things. Elara and Kaelen start falling for each other, hard and unplanned. Then the fortress starts giving up secrets. A locket. A birthmark. A name buried in an old ledger — one that was never supposed to surface. Someone inside Shadow Peaks knows what it means. And once it comes out, it wouldn't just complicate Elara and Kaelen's marriage. It might make loving each other impossible.