The first time Hurricane sees Kaelen D’Vor, he’s standing over a burning body, his fangs bared, his claws still wet with blood. She watches from the shadows of the Obsidian Spire, her pulse hammering not with fear, but with recognition: this is the man who slaughtered her family. She has come to destroy him—not with steel, but with truth. As a hybrid—witch blood, wolf soul, human resilience—she is forbidden from the Council, so she wears a stolen identity like armor: Lady Sera Vale, envoy of the