She was only delivering herbs when she stumbled through the wrong door and met the eyes of the Alpha King no one dares to look at. By dawn his wolf had marked her neck and chosen her as his mate, and she fled the castle before he woke, carrying his secret and a truth that could shatter his throne. Now he is tearing the realm apart to find the woman who vanished, and a betrayal buried for seven winters is about to claw its way out of the very walls he calls home. What happens when the king finally discovers who she really is, and what she has been hiding?