To Raise a Kingdom

An empire built on blood. A secret that could tear it apart.Under the iron rule of the matriarch Gigi, the pack thrives on a single, ruthless doctrine: eliminate the weak. Haru, her physically dominant but sentimental son, has always struggled to meet her bloodthirsty expectations, while his sister Hannah is groomed to inherit the throne.But when an unexpected tragedy on the human border leaves a defenseless infant in Haru's path, an unbroken primal law shatters. Driven by an intense paternal instinct, Haru commits the ultimate act of treason-he hides the human child in the deep woods.Trapped between his mother's suffocating surveillance, his sister's shifting loyalties, and the growing demands of a fragile secret, Haru must play the part of the perfect, lethal killer to survive. To protect the innocent life under his care, he must navigate a dangerous game of deception where a single misplaced scent means a death sentence for them both.