Selene's world crumbles at sixteen when her mother's forbidden secret shatters her pack's trust. Branded an abomination, she watches her mother fall and her father vanish, leaving her enslaved in the royal pack's cruel shadow. Years blur into endless torment—suffering, pain, and despair become her constant companions. When her fated mate finally arrives, hope flickers before dying in flames of his vicious rejection and contempt. Cast aside and broken, Selene believes herself utterly ruined. Until destiny reveals a shocking truth: she has a second mate. And nothing will prepare her for who he is.