A marriage arranged in shadows.A mate bond carved by destiny.A girl who refuses both.Amina, daughter of a fallen beta lineage, is promised to the most feared ruler of the realm the Cursed Alpha King.To everyone else, the match is an honor.To Amina, it is a sentence.So she runs.But fate is cruel.The Alpha King she is fleeing Kael Draven is her fated mate, bound to her by a pull older than magic. Cold. Powerful. Rumored to bear a curse that drives wolves mad and kingdoms to their knees, Kael is not a man anyone escapes.Except her.When Amina is dragged back into his world of iron laws, hidden scars, and a curse that bleeds through his very soul, she discovers that unclaimed mates burn hottest… and kings do not give up what destiny has written in their name.He wants her.Fate demands her.But Amina refuses to kneel.If destiny insists on binding her to a cursed king,it will learn what it means to chase a girl born to defy the moon itself.