In the shadow-drenched world of the Silvercrest Pack, Lyra is an outcast—a human with a secret she doesn’t even understand, living on borrowed time and a forged identity. Her only crime is existing. Her sentence is death, decreed by the brutal Alpha who rules the territory. Kael is the Savage Guardian, the Alpha’s most lethal enforcer. A werewolf of pure, ruthless instinct, he is the blade in the dark, the final judgment. His new mission is simple: find the human hiding in the city and end her. But when he finally corners his prey, her scent doesn’t trigger his hunt—it shatters his control. It smells like destiny. Like mate. Thrown into a maelstrom of forbidden desire and primal need, Kael makes a choice that brands him a traitor. He turns his back on everything—his pack, his duty, his Alpha—to become Lyra’s sole protector. Now, hunted by the very monsters he once led, they must run. In hidden safehouses and stolen moments of searing passion, a bond deeper than blood begins to form. Lyra’s hidden power stirs, a legacy that could save them… or doom every werewolf on the continent. But the Alpha’s vengeance is a wildfire, and no corner of the earth is safe. As the final, bloody confrontation closes in, Kael will have to unleash the full, savage beast within to shield his mate. The cost of her survival, however, may be the last shred of his humanity. He betrayed his world for her. Now, to keep her, he might have to destroy it.