Princess Seraphina resurrects werewolves for the sole purpose of executing them-again. Feared by her kingdom and condemned as cursed, Seraphina has spent her life isolated behind palace walls, her necromancy treated as something monstrous. Her father, the king, forces her into the arena to resurrect captured werewolves for public executions-spectacles meant to unite the people through fear. Every resurrection comes back wrong. Twisted. Broken. And with each one, Seraphina loses more of herself. Until the night her magic finally works.When she is ordered to execute Konstantin Volkov, an ancient alpha of the Mountain Clans, death refuses to take him. Instead, forbidden magic binds their lives together-death-bound. If one of them dies, so does the other. The execution meant to end him becomes the spark that threatens to ignite a war. As Konstantin's pack moves to reclaim their alpha, Seraphina is taken into werewolf territory as leverage. She expects revenge for what she's done. Torture. Death. Instead, she finds something she never imagined: a people who see her necromancy as sacred-and an alpha who knows exactly how much blood is on her hands, yet refuses to treat her as a monster. With her father's bone-fueled throne built on genocide and war looming between humans and werewolves, Seraphina must decide where she belongs. The kingdom that despised her. Or the pack that might become her found family. And as an impossible bond pulls her closer to the stoic, battle-scarred alpha she was meant to kill, she must face the truth of who she's been-and who she wants to become. Because the alpha cannot be killed.And neither can she-without destroying him too. A dark, emotionally rich romantasy perfect for listeners who love gothic fantasy, ancient werewolf lore, forbidden bonds, enemies to lovers, and stories where love, power, and survival come at a devastating cost.