A count's adopted son, in love with the woman who once shielded him from cruelty, volunteers to replace her as a sacrificial offering to a mad king cursed by holy punishment—no one has ever survived a night in his chamber. But when he enters, the mad king breaks his chains, eyes burning red, a feral beast. The adopted son raises a hand to his chest—and the wolf-king falls silent, the bleeding wound ceases.
At dawn, he walks out alive. He is the only one who can calm the beast.
But the church has long sensed the ancient werewolf blood in his veins—power that could free the mad king from their control forever. As the blood moon nears, the archbishop tightens his grip. Yet the adopted son will not be prey. His wolf blood is awakening.
