In an interstellar age where abandoned gene-hybrids must be legally bonded to their rescuers, exiled heiress Elara Vale saves three wolf-hybrids on the Outer Rim and gives them everything. But the wolves only stay with her to get close to her dazzling younger sister, Seraphina.So she trades them for Veyr, a cold serpent-hybrid no one can tame.But Veyr’s silence hides obsession, ancient power, and a secret connection to Elara’s past.