THE ALPHA BEGGED AFTER I TOOK HIS PACK

They wanted a bride. Elowen Vale brought audits.

Shipped to the starving industrial city of Grimridge as a political peace offering, Elowen is expected to be a silent Luna to Alpha Ronan Ashcliff. But when the Council tries to break her with wolfsbane smoke and silver cuffs during the Bloodmoon Rite, they make a fatal they teach her exactly where the city is weak.


While Ronan watches the walls for enemies, Elowen watches the vaults for thieves.

She discovers that the city’s scarcity isn't bad luck—it is engineered by men who profit when stomachs are empty. Armed with nothing but precedent and a rubber stamp, Elowen goes to war against the corruption rotting the pack from the inside.


With a rogue logistics officer and a network of runners, she rewires the city’s veins—rerouting food, stringing silver filament through choke points, and turning ration books into weapons.

When the enemy horde finally breaches the gates, Grimridge won't be saved by claws. It will be saved by Elowen’s checklists. And when the dust settles, an Alpha will offer her his heart, his power, and his bond.


He expects her to rule. She’s already packing her bags.


Because a system built right doesn't need a queen.