Aria had always believed that protecting Marcus was the purpose the Moon Goddess had given her.
She was five years older than her younger brother, and from the time they were pups, she had quietly taken responsibility for him. Even as children running through the forested lands of their pack territory, she had always walked a step behind him—watching, guarding, making sure nothing would harm him.
But when tragedy struck their family, Aria had been only sixteen, while Marcus was still an eleven-year-old boy who barely understood what death truly meant.
Their parents—both loyal warriors of the pack—had died during a brutal attack by rogues along the border of their territory. The battle had been sudden and merciless, and by the time the pack arrived to drive the rogues away, it was already too late.
From that moment on, the siblings were left alone beneath the watchful eyes of the pack.
Yet long before that tragedy, Aria’s future had already been quietly tied to another.
From the day she was born, the elders of two influential families within the pack had agreed that one day she and Caleb would be joined as mates.