by Elizabeth Sanchez Colin·Translated by Novel AI Studio
The scent of ash and despair clung to Ayame as she witnessed her pack's horrific demise, victims of a poison mist unleashed by a seemingly weak demon. Saved by her adoptive brother, Kiba, at the cost of his own life, Ayame carries a crushing burden of guilt and a burning desire for revenge. She is haunted by the finality of loss and the gnawing fear of being truly alone. Koga, the hot-headed leader of the wolf-demon tribe, returns to a devastating sight, his pride shattered by his failure to protect his people. He finds Ayame, a kindred spirit forged in the crucible of tragedy, now a shadow of her former self. Their shared grief and hunger for vengeance bind them, but a primal, untamed attraction threatens to consume them both, challenging their loyalties and their very identities in a world now irrevocably tainted by death.
