They call me the Shadow Bride—an omen of death, cursed to be hated by my own mate. A prophecy older than the packs says my destiny is sealed: when Alpha blood stains the moonlit ground, the curse will finally be broken. So when fate bound me to the ruthless Alpha King, the son of the late Alpha my father once served, who despises my bloodline, blaming us for the death of his family, I thought rejection would be my freedom. Instead, he claimed me… not out of love, but vengeance. To him, I am nothing but a curse in flesh, a bond he will never accept, yet can never resist. But the cruel truth is this: the more he hates me, the stronger the curse grows, and if he falls in love with me, then doom awaits all. My wolf trembles for him, even as the prophecy whispers that one day I must kill him or die myself. If I surrender to him, I doom us both. If I defy him, I may lose my soul and end all the shifters. And somewhere between love and death… fate waits for its bride.