"When the fated covenant became a lie, she would tear apart the moon's curse with her own hands." In the steel-clad city ruled by wolves, bloodline was a shackle, oaths were cages. Tamsin, the first warrior in history to ascend to the Luna throne with Delta blood, received two gifts on the night her husband Leo united with his "destined mate": A poison-coated silver dagger from the Shadow Council—a league of vengeful, forsaken Lunas; And a Co-Rulership Decree, demanding she share her marriage bed, power, and humiliation with the newly crowned "Destined Luna," blooming like a rose. Yet she shredded the decree and swallowed the dagger's venom. "If an Alpha's love is a bloodthirsty blade…" She licked the crescent moon reflected on the edge, "…then I'll teach them how many generations of 'pureblood' spines a Delta's hatred can burn through."

At 43, Jason King took his final breath in a bankruptcy shelter—only to wake up in the summer of 2008, right after high school graduation. He had just signed off on a $120,000 federal student loan, set to attend Riverstone State—one of the most expensive "party schools" in the country. This time, he’s cranking life up to hard mode: ✓ Trading an Ivy League offer for the Bitcoin white paper ✓ Turning fraternity rush into a corporate espionage boot camp ✓ Riding the subprime mortgage crisis straight to his first fortune