She is the sacrifice. He is the blade. Eighteen-year-old Lunette Yue has spent her whole life hiding in the shadows of her uncaring, abusive father. Betrayed by her own pack, she is offered as a bride sacrifice to the Devourer, a lone direwolf shifter that feeds on werewolves like her. Left with fewer choices than days, Lunette devises a plan: to search for her soulmate and contest the ancient rite of sacrifice according to pack law. But even as an experienced runaway, she cannot escape the mysterious forces of fate. Jonah Blackwolf, an accomplished alchemist, one of the youngest to ever hold the title of Merlin at only twenty-two, has finally fallen under a spell he cannot break: love. He believes that his soulmate, Lunette, may have been plucked from his wildest dreams. But to her, Jonah is only a path to freedom, and his direwolf, Fenris-a monster from her worst nightmares. Little does she know, Fenris is not the fearsome beast pack stories have twisted him into. Scarred by invisible wounds from his past, Jonah must confront a terrible truth carved into his family legacy. Torn between both worlds-shifter and warlock-he learns that even the strongest spells have the greatest weaknesses. She wants Jonah. But Fenris will have his due.