Even unbreakable bonds are unraveled by deceit. Noelle has found her moon-bonded mate, but it's nothing like she dreamed it would be. Despite how badly he desires her, he can't claim her as his own. The same magic that's fated them to be together has been manipulated by the enemy to keep them apart. To add to her heartache, her relationships with the other three men in her life are fraying at the seams. When her bodyguards fell in love with her, they understood what was at stake. Her birthright had her in peril from the start, but they believed the risks loomed outside their four walls. That is until she becomes sick with an inexplicable illness that hinders her ability to shift into her wolf. Now they are left to question if the most dangerous threat could be one of their own. The potential of a traitor among them means the king of Nocturne is being fed information about his daughter. He is already determined to deny her the crown. And when he realizes she is the key to him completing the oath he made to the goddess and keeping his power, he will stop at nothing to destroy her. What the king doesn't know is just how far these four men will go to keep him from her so she can take her throne and stay with them until the end-no matter the cost.