On her twentieth birthday, Thalia Whitlock awakens her wolf—only to discover she is not a werewolf, but a forbidden Lycan feared across the territories. In an instant, she is betrayed by her family, framed by her twin sister, and abandoned by the man she once loved. Branded a monster, she is imprisoned and forgotten for six years. When Alpha Xander Hale, the feared ruler known as the Soul Devourer, arrives demanding a bride for a political alliance, Shadowfen offers him the wrong daughter. Thalia. They expect her death. Instead, Xander sees the deception immediately… and chooses something far more dangerous. He claims her as his wife. Now trapped in a ruthless world of pack politics, power struggles, and deadly secrets, Thalia must survive a marriage to the most feared Alpha alive—while awakening a power no one was ever meant to control. But the bond forming between a cursed Lycan and the Alpha who should have destroyed her is forbidden. And when it fully awakens… It may destroy them both.

Ember Frost, a wolf-less girl, was taken in by the Moonshine Pack after being abandoned in the woods. When Owen, the future Alpha, discovers they are mates on his twentieth birthday, Ember's world should have been set. But Owen doesn't see a mate in her; he sees weakness. Rejected in the most humiliating way, Ember's heart is crushed. In a desperate moment, she leaps off a cliff, thinking it will be the end. But fate has other plans. Instead of death, Ember's fall uncovers a shocking truth: she is the long-lost daughter of the Lycan King, heir to the Lycan’s Pride. Now, Ember is not the weak, rejected girl she once was. She's a princess. She's the heir to a mighty throne. And when Owen discovers her true identity, he wants her back—but Ember is in love with someone else. Owen won't stop until he reclaims her. But Ember will do whatever it takes to protect her pack and the life she's chosen, even if it means facing the man who once shattered her world.