For ten years, my uncle's family caged me, turning me into a ghost in my own home. They broke my spirit, starved my wolf, and convinced the world it was for my own protection. On the outside, I was the perfect, obedient niece. A 'good girl'. They never saw the fire I kept banked inside.

At my cousin‘s mating ceremony was my one chance to feel alive, and that's where I saw him—Fleming Nightshade, an Alpha's son radiating a power that called to the wolf I kept hidden. In that moment, I let my mask crack. I walked right up to him and whispered, "Do you have a mate? Want to have sex if you don't?"

Then, before the shock could leave his eyes, I vanished back into the shadows they'd raised me in. I had no idea that my reckless bid for freedom would ignite a hunt, or that the powerful, amber-eyed wolf would either be my salvation or my ultimate ruin.