Fresh-out-of-college at the prestigious Wolf Country Academy, Mary-Kate's backpacking plans get derailed by the fated mate magic that governs her pack.

Despite her best efforts, she's now destined to be Mated to the Alpha King, known as the Beast, and be flung from relative obscurity into the political spotlight.

With this new target on her back, MK must navigate the lethal waters of her new role while cowtowing to the demands of royal pack life, and trying to fall in love with the man now at her side.

But when all of her efforts to appease her peers ultimately lead to an attempt on her life, she decides she's not only had enough of this exhausting game...

...she's going to become someone even deadlier than the Beast just to win it.

Will her efforts pay off? Or will she fail, becoming irrevocably changed in the process?