The mighty realm of Hintherland lay in ruins, its fall precipitated by Malcolm's failure to secure his destined mate. The ancient texts spoke true - no alpha could achieve their full might without claiming their luna, their divine counterpart. This sacred law, etched in blood and bone since time immemorial, had proved Malcolm's undoing when facing the abomination known as Cù-Sìth.
For Malcolm, destiny proved a cruel mistress. His mate remained beyond reach as the Cysgodol hordes laid waste to every living soul in Hintherland. Stripped of his birthright as alpha, Malcolm gathered his younger brother Tristan, and together they turned their backs on the decimated ruins of their ancestral home. With one final, haunted glance at the cursed remains, Malcolm sealed away the very existence of his
