Camilla Taylor lived for twenty-two years believing she was a broken werewolf without a wolf. Mistreated by her cold father and cruel siblings, she found comfort only in Ethan Frost, who secretly promised to love her regardless of her lack of powers. On her twenty-second birthday, Camilla fails to awaken a wolf during a public ceremony. Instead, she gains the terrifying ability to read minds. In an instant, every smile around her turns fake. She learns that Ethan never loved her and was sleeping with her cousin, Isabella, while her father was actively planning to sell her off to settle a massive debt. Camilla is sent away to marry Lucian Simons, the thirty-one-year-old Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack who is infamous for the mysterious deaths of his six previous wives.