For what could be decades, he has known nothing but a windowless room, a locked door, and the man who keeps him there. Hope died a long time ago. Until the day a single maple leaf slipped through a small hole in the wall - reminding him that escape might be possible. After years of isolation, abuse, and the slow collapse of his mind, he must find the strength to challenge the walls around him - and the ones inside himself. This is a story about survival, the passage of time, and the quiet, unstoppable force of human will. Completed novel - 45,000 words.

Years before his birth, it was prophesised that his soul would never be whole, that his heart would never beat in rhythm to his other half. Micajah was born with a dark soul, a soul that was corrupt. A soul that was more wolf than human. A soul incomplete. Nothing but an imperfect creation that walks earth. He will never have a true mate. When his turn to rule the wolf kingdom arises, after the death of his mother, he is forced to choose a female that has already been rejected from her true mate. Alongside his rise to the throne, the wolf kingdom begins to tear itself apart. An uprising begins. No one wants a creature, hated by the Moon Goddess herself, to rule. Even if he is the only royal heir by blood. Even if it is what tradition dictates. A male more beast than man, can never yield humanity, let alone love. But humanity can be learnt, and love seizes all - even those with corrupt souls.