Cecilia Valen has spent three years chasing her private knight, Lucien Vaane, never knowing he only took
the position to get close to her younger half-sister, Eileen. The nightCecilia hears him say she could
never compare to Eileen, she walks away for good and volunteers to fulfill a dangerous peace marriage
with the Beast Realm. Her groom is Kael Blackmane, the feared Black WoIf King who has lain in in in a
silver-poisoned sleep for three years. Everyone expects Cecilia to speend her life beside an unconscious
beast-until Kael opens his golden eyes, wraps his tail around her wirist, and reveals that he has been
waiting for her for seven years. By the time Lucien discovers he Ioved the wrong woman and comes to take
Cecilia back, the Beast King has already chosen his human bride-and wolves do not surrender what they
love.
