He was the wolf clan's leader — exalted and aloof, cold as frost. This visit to her estate was meant to be nothing more than a meeting.
Within the halls of that manor, they met for the first time.
The brother who had raised her was not him — yet beneath the calm surface, a conspiracy had long since taken root.
A single knight's betrothal bound her fate; she was meant to follow the pact into a new life.
His wolf-dark eyes sank into hers — and in a single glance, he was lost.
He bore the honor and disgrace of the wolf clan, nursing a hidden chess game of vengeance; she was trapped between her brother's protection and an engagement already sealed.
When the truth at last surfaced, that first encounter stirred a storm vast enough to swallow everything.
