When Elias was born, the Ashford royal family lost their heir—he had no wolf spirit. Shamed by this weakness, his father abandoned him in the cold night. Twenty years later, Elias returned as a nameless carpenter with half a jade pendant, desperate to find his mother. Everyone scorned the spiritless outcast, unaware the Moon Goddess had blessed him with power above all alphas and beasts. After saving Lady Isabella at the border, he learned she was his sister and Queen Genevieve his mother, while the king refused his royal lineage. Insulted and humbled as a servant, Elias stayed silent until war struck Ashford: hydras, Blackthorn’s army and resurrected red wolves threatened his family. They soon feared the carpenter they mocked, the true moon-chosen king. Under the full moon, his blood and forbidden power awakened, leaving him to choose between revenge for his stolen crown or protecting the clan that once abandoned him. They threw away trash, yet cast aside the wolf clan’s future ruler.
