Ayasha watched her brother die at the hands of King Nahuel as her pack was crushed beneath the weight of conquest. When she catches the tyrant king’s eye during a brutal sparring match, he offers her a deal: marry his son, Prince Koda, and her family will be spared.

Desperate to protect what remains, Ayasha agrees.

But the promised marriage is a lie.

In the heart of Lamia, she discovers nineteen other would-be brides, all from fallen packs, forced into a brutal Luna trial. Only one will earn the right to stand beside the prince. The rest will lose everything, including their lives.

Ayasha already has an agenda of her own. She plans to kill Koda, the son of the monster she blames for her brother’s death.

Then her wolf imprints on him.

Fate has bound her to the very man she came to destroy. As the trials grow bloodier and palace secrets come to light, Ayasha must choose between the vengeance that drives her and the bond she never wanted.

I stared at Mingan across the table, my mind racing through the implications of everything he'd just revealed. The adoption papers sat between us like a trap waiting to spring.


I couldn't trust him. Not truly. Everything about the Elder Prince was too neat, too measured. Even his grief felt sculpted, like a dagger carved from sentiment and honed for strategy. Maybe he wasn't lying, but that didn't mean he was honest either.


If I refused him and went to the high courts—pleaded with House Sedimo, or begged favor from the Ireshis or the Garnel line—I'd be throwing myself into the lion's mouth. No matter how they spun it, supporting me after my attempted strike at Nahuel was no small gesture. It was backing a girl the King would call a traitor, maybe even a would-be assassin. It was an invitation to war.


Chapter 77 - No Haven