The ruthless leader of the Shadow Pack has never allowed weakness near his throne. When a mortal woman crosses into his lands, bears his heir, and is cast aside, he refuses to see the bond destiny placed between them. Yet she repeatedly risks everything to save him, and the hidden wolf within her begins to rise. As danger closes in, his resistance turns to devotion. Before his pack, the man who denied her finally claims her as the woman meant to stand at his side.