Owned by the Alpha Godfather

Wren Calder is the youngest, publicly unacknowledged daughter of House Ashworth—one of the three great werewolf families that rule the Triarch Territories. Her mother, an outsider wolf, “disappeared” in a mysterious fire eight years ago. Since then, Wren has lived like a despised ward within the Ashworth estate, under the control of her stepmother, Lady Ophelia Ashworth, and her paternal half-sister, Selene.

When the Triarch Council discovers that someone has been manipulating the Rite of Succession—the ceremony that determines who will inherit the title of High Alpha—House Ashworth needs a political sacrifice to conceal evidence of its own crimes. Colin Reyes, the fiancé Wren once trusted, is revealed to be her stepmother’s accomplice. He fabricates evidence accusing Wren of stealing the family seal, leaving her to be handed over to Rourke Sable, the Alpha Godfather of the Blackwood Territory. As head of the supervisory council, Rourke has the authority to declare a Claim of Wardship over anyone considered a threat to the peace between the three families.

Wren believes she is about to become a hostage—or a political slave. But although Rourke is cold and commanding, he invokes the Claim of Wardship only to save her from an unjust execution. He neither imprisons nor coerces her. Instead, he enrolls her in a training program for wolves who have not yet completed their first transformation.

During her training, Wren discovers that she bears the Mistblood Mark—a rare bloodline trait found only among the direct descendants of the First Wolf. This power allows her to read and unravel ancient blood rituals.

The deeper Wren investigates, the more devastating the truth becomes. The fire that supposedly killed her mother was staged. Elara Voss is still alive, imprisoned within a sealed region known as the Hollow. Meanwhile, Lady Ophelia and a traitorous faction within the Council are conspiring to use a corrupted Rite of Succession to erase the Voss bloodline forever and place Selene on the High Alpha’s throne illegally.

With the help of Rourke, a young wolf guard named Cassian, and the evidence she gathers herself, Wren rescues her mother and exposes the conspiracy during the Rite of Succession. Before the entire Council, she is formally recognized as the only legitimate descendant to bear the Mistblood Mark—and the only heir capable of uniting the three great families under a new era of peace.