A violent storm traps three men in a remote mountain lodge two rivals and a grieving outsider each carrying secrets that could ignite a war between their packs. When Elias Draven, the mediator who kept the packs from tearing each other apart, is brutally murdered, trust collapses, and danger lurks in every shadow Forced to work together, the narrator faces Kade, fierce and wounded, and Lucien, controlled and calculating, their rivalry laced with undeniable tension. Hidden messages, torn fabric, and secret passages hint at a conspiracy, and every clue leads deeper into betrayal but the truth is more dangerous than they imagined: the killer they cornered is not the mastermind. As tempers flare and forbidden feelings surface, the narrator must decide who to trust before the storm breaks because once it does, nothing will be the same.