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To the Crescent Pack, Arito was a privileged Alpha prince who turned into a bloodthirsty monster.
Everyone knew about his public, passionate courting of Edrino, a deceptively powerful Omega. But when a horrific crime shakes the territory-leaving a powerful high-ranking family slaughtered alongside a loyal Beta named Winsbin-all evidence points to Arito. Left right beside the bodies is the ultimate damnation: the beautifully carved obsidian hunting knife that Edrino had publicly gifted to Arito as a token of his love.
Arito swears he was framed, but nobody believes a traitor.
Drowned in raw grief and a crushing sense of responsibility for his fated mate's supposed sins, Edrino makes a desperate choice. To protect his surviving best friend, Harito-a grieving sub-Alpha female who lost everything in the massacre-Edrino willingly undergoes the ancient, agonizing Grand Ritual of Ascension.
He bypasses Alpha completely, transforming into a terrifyingly dominant Enigma.
Now, Arito is forced to stand in the isolated shadows of the High Temple, a ghost at his own mate's wedding. He watches in pure heartbreak as Edrino gently takes Harito as his bride, silently vowing to be her eternal shield. Edrino no longer looks at Arito with love-only with a suffocating, burning hatred for the man who shattered their world.
Framed for the murder of his friends and completely rejected by the only person he ever loved, Arito must survive a pack that wants him dead, while secretly hunting for the real killer. But how do you clear your name when your fated mate is now an unstoppable Enigma who wants nothing more than to see you burn?