Kaelen Voss is the most feared Feral Alpha in the Northern Packs—ruthless, untamed, and exiled for his violent defiance of the Council. He doesn't believe in bonds, only power. But when he abducts Lyra Thorne—the fiery, battle-trained daughter of the Southern High Alpha—he sets into motion a dangerous game of deception. The world believes they are mated by fate. In truth, it's a calculated lie. Lyra is no victim. Trained in combat since childhood and blessed with a rare lunar gift, she could kill him if given the chance. Yet something in his gaze—primal, tormented, hungry—makes her hesitate. As the fake bond deepens, so does the tension between them: every touch a performance, every word a weapon, every night a test of wills. But Kaelen’s plan is unraveling. Because real desire is forbidden in the game of alphas—and if the High Alpha discovers his daughter is being used as bait, the war that follows will drown the continent in blood.

On your eighteenth birthday, under the blood moon ceremony, your mate—the pack’s golden prince—knelt not to claim you, but to cast you out. 'I reject this bond,' he said, voice cold. The pain nearly killed you. But deep in the wilderness, something ancient answered your sorrow. Now, power surges through your veins, feral and unmatched. The pack calls you cursed. The elders fear you. And he? He watches from afar, realizing too late what he threw away.

Kael Varn is the exiled heir of the Northern Ridge Pack—rumored to be a rogue, feared for his brutality, hunted by both allies and enemies. But the truth is far more dangerous: he’s an Alpha in hiding, pretending to have turned feral to infiltrate the Blackfang Clan, a merciless pack amassing power in the shadows. To complete his mission, he needs a cover no one will question—a mate bond. That’s where she comes in. Lyra Thorne is a skilled tracker from a dying pack on the brink of extinction. Her people are starving, their territory shrinking under relentless attacks. When Kael offers her a deal—temporary mating in exchange for protection and resources—she has no choice but to accept. The bond they forge is supposed to be fake. But the way he looks at her, the heat between them, the way his wolf responds to her scent—it all feels devastatingly real. Now, as secrets unravel and loyalties blur, Lyra begins to suspect Kael isn’t who he claims to be. And if she exposes him, her pack may fall. But if she trusts him, she might lose herself completely.