Ares Westwood never meant to become Alpha, and he wanted even less to share a mission with Charlotte Arden on abandoned pack lands.
She is composed, willful, and quick with a cutting remark; he is proud, impulsive, and certain solitude makes him more effective.
When a crack in the veil appears beneath that territory, they are the only two qualified to track down the tear.
The search turns into winding tunnels, poisoned water, and arguments that barely mask a tension both refuse to name.
Beneath the Blood Moon, a fated mate bond rises between these reluctant allies, and neither can easily walk away from what fate has already set in motion.
