📖 Book Overview Nyra didn't ask to be hunted. She didn't ask for her blood to carry a curse older than the packs themselves. And she certainly didn't ask to become the one thing the Alpha King fears most. In a world where wolves awaken at eighteen and fated mates are chosen by the Moon Goddess herself, Nyra's wolf never surfaced. Or so she believed. After escaping yet another brutal fight with her aunt, Nyra wanders into the forest where her parents once disappeared. What she doesn't know is that by stepping past the old bridge-the one whispered about in legends-she crosses into forbidden territory. A sacred land ruled by the Alpha King of the Northern Bloodline, Kael Drennor. Ruthless. Untouchable. Cursed. Captured and taken into Kael's fortress, Nyra finds herself entangled in ancient magic, royal secrets, and a curse that binds them both in ways she cannot yet understand. Her arrival awakens Kael's wolf in a violent surge, something that hadn't happened since he was cursed thirteen years ago. She is his mate. But she's also the key to his destruction. As Kael struggles to resist the bond threatening to unravel his control, Nyra begins to hear a voice within her. A second soul-her long-dormant wolf-that emerges after her first touch with Kael. The wolf calls herself Asha, and she brings with her visions from the Moon Goddess and fragments of a forgotten legacy. In parallel, Kael's second-in-command, Torren (Beta), and his most volatile warrior, Lucan (Gamma), both sense a shift in the spiritual balance of the pack. Neither of them have found their mates yet, but Nyra's presence triggers something ancient-something that tells them the curse isn't just about Kael.