Chapter 1

The night before the wedding, my fiancé Alpha Eliot's beloved little sister Lola told me she had a surprise prepared — one I would never forget.

She lured me into the Frost Pack's restricted canyon, locked the heavy iron gate from the outside, and activated the artificial rain system.

It was a December blizzard. Ice water mixed with sleet slammed into my face.

The canyon was surrounded on all sides by transparent observation decks.

Young wolves from both packs held up their phones, watching me shiver and struggle like I was the night's entertainment.

Lola smiled — sweet and vicious at the same time.

"Seren, aren't you always playing the high-and-mighty act? Get on your knees and beg me. Let everyone watch you shake like a wet dog!"

And my fiancé, Frost Pack's Alpha Eliot, stood at the center of the observation deck, watching me through the curtain of rain.

"Just make sure nobody dies."

"A wild girl who grew up running with Rogues needs to learn the hard way that Frost Pack doesn't let just anyone through its doors."

Ten minutes later, I smashed through the iron gate and walked out of the storm, covered in blood.

I dialed the Elder Council and spoke in a voice so calm it had no warmth left in it at all.

"Notify all elders. Terminate the inter-pack marriage alliance. Cut all resource ties."

"Everyone who came here tonight to watch — I won't let a single one of you off."

Eliot thought I was just some stray girl clinging to Frost Pack for a better life.

What he didn't know was that I was the Alpha Female of Ironclaw Pack — his most important ally.