Wolf King Alexander discovers a tortured white wolf on his border. When he wipes the blood from her face, he sees a golden totem—the sacred mark passed only through his royal bloodline.

His heart stops.

His only child, Princess Vivian, was married to the human Emperor Arthur three years ago. Yet the human court has just announced that the Empress has safely given birth.

If the tortured wolf before him is truly Vivian, then who is the woman sitting on the human throne—and who has been sending letters in his daughter’s name?