Shadow Wolf King Victor lost his childhood love Lyla to a conspiracy ten years ago. Blaming the Moon Clan, he swears revenge. When Princess Aria flees on her wedding night, her sister Elara takes her place. Victor vows she will pay for her family's sins. But Elara is no ordinary pawn—her Moonborn blood awakens, and the man sworn to break her begins to fall.
They mark each other; she carries his child. When Lyla's murder truth surfaces, Victor chooses the ghost over Elara. She flees. For three years he searches, abdicates his throne, kneels nightly at her door, takes a blade for their son. War comes; he fights for her. They return to Lyla's grave, burn old letters, and hold a real wedding—no substitute, no ghost. Just the two of them. Forever.
