Talia Thornsgate is bleeding out.The night of her college graduation was supposed to be a time to celebrate. Instead, she's been brutally attacked and left to die alone on a cold alley floor.She's sure she won't survive.Until her body begins to change. To...shift.Into a wolf.Thrust into a world she's been unaware of her whole life, one full of magic, shifters andassassins, the past she's been shielded from begins to catch up to her.Talia has no choice but to learn how to survive...but that's easier said than done when death is following her every move.The Throne of the Scarlet Vales is believed to be abandoned...but Declan knows better.Declan's place as Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack means he's no stranger to hiding secrets, secrets that could change the fate of an entire realm. He will do whatever it takes to protect his people from the truth that could destroy everything. Nothing else matters to him.Until he finds her.His mate.A woman who has no idea who she truly is.Suddenly, his entire world is realigned. She makes him question everything he thought he knew, makes him want to tell her the truths he's spent his whole life hiding.But doing so would put her in even more danger, and all he wants is to keep her safe.Can he protect her from the assassins that hunt her?And more importantly...can he protect her from himself?