After ten years of devotion and sacrifice, Talia faces brutal betrayal from her mate Alpha Lucas. On the eve of her Luna Crowning, he cheats on her and cruelly decides to grant another she-wolf the official mating mark while keeping Talia as his nominal Luna. Disillusioned, Talia abandons her decade-long love. On the grand ceremony day, she shocks everyone by pairing up with Gideon, Lucas’s lifelong rival and the powerful Blood Eclipse Pack Alpha.