For two hundred years, the Lycan Empire has secretly ruled New Ravenport. The Blackthorn royal family united werewolf clans through the bloody Purge War, burying all blood debts deep within the Silver Fang Council's archives.Victoria Ashford, sole survivor of the destroyed Moon-Wolf clan, works as a black-market assassin to infiltrate the Blood Auction. Her plan: kill the new Alpha King mid-auction. Yet when her cloak is ripped away, her glowing silver moon mark exposes her as the long-lost heir of his enemy clan.Damian Blackthorn, the cold Alpha King, buys her for a million, not as a slave, but to face the trouble she brings. As their fingers touch, the fierce Mate Bond ignites in their blood — a shackle, not a blessing. They loathe each other yet are bound together. He must protect her, risking his royal Alpha crown. But a hidden mastermind pulls all the strings from the shadows.
