Ivy Blake dies beneath a silver cannula, betrayed by the fiancé who treated her as property and the sister who used her sacred blood to seize the crown. But death sends Ivy back to the moment before everything went wrong—and this time, she remembers every lie. Armed with knowledge of the future and blood capable of awakening a wolf’s darkest instincts, Ivy refuses to become anyone’s weapon again. Her rebellion draws the attention of four formidable Alphas: Kael, the volatile royal heir; Thorne, a calculating military commander; Silas, a priest-scientist obsessed with truth; and Damien, a knight haunted by crimes he may not have committed willingly. Each man could become her protector, her lover—or the next person to betray her. As forbidden experiments, coerced bonds, and a conspiracy led by the Queen Mother come to light, Ivy discovers that her previous death was only one piece of a far larger plan. To destroy the system that harvests women like her, she must decide how much of her own dangerous power she is willing to use—and whether four Alphas can truly choose her without trying to possess her. Then a message arrives from beyond the border: the First Empress is awake.
