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Zevani Ashborne never expected to find her fated mate at Ravenshadow Academy—the elite institution where her executed father's name is still whispered like a curse. She certainly didn't expect him to reject her in front of everyone.

Orrickan Ravenscar, heir to one of the Four Founding Bloodlines and future Alpha Supreme, has his reasons. Political alliances. Ancient obligations. A betrothal that keeps fragile peace between warring territories. But rejecting the mate bond doesn't sever it—it twists it into something agonizing, and the academy's Gothic halls force them together at every turn.

Shared classes. Mandatory councils. Dormitory windows that face each other across moonlit courtyards.

Every proximity is torture. Every glance ignites fire neither can control.

When students begin disappearing during the deadly Lunar Trials, Zevani and Orrickan are forced into an impossible partnership. In the cursed Wraithwood, they uncover a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of pack government—one that murdered Zevani's father and is now hunting Moonmarked pairs like them.

The prophecy was clear: two wolves born under a blood moon will either save or destroy the territories. But prophecy didn't mention the price of truth. The cost of choosing love over duty. Or what happens when the bond you've been running from becomes the only thing keeping you alive.

As the Sanguis Moon Ball approaches and enemies close in from all sides, Orrickan faces an impossible choice: the alliance that prevents war, or the mate who owns his soul.

Some bonds are worth burning the world for.

A dark academia werewolf romance where rejected mates, forced proximity, and forbidden destiny collide in a world of pack politics, ancient magic, and secrets that kill.