Auspicious Sphinx

Maureen Howard, Luna of the Enderlin pack, is carrying a child that isn't her mate's. When Alpha Cyrus Enderlin discovers the betrayal, he answers it with silver and cruelty — branding her a traitor to the bloodline and sentencing her to die. She flees into the wild alone, broken but not beaten. She's found half-dead at the Silvercrest border by Aldric Lupin, the grey wolf Alpha whose calm hides a power his people were once hunted to extinction for fearing. He shelters her against his own council's warnings, and in the months that follow, gives her something Cyrus never did: safety, patience, love. When her son is born with eyes of impossible blue, the prophecy becomes real — a hybrid Lycan, the Alpha of Alphas, born to rule every Crescent clan. Aldric claims them both as his own. Cyrus won't let go so easily. He comes for what he considers his, and when Maureen chooses Aldric in front of both packs, his obsession turns to war. Lies, kidnappings, and a mercenary betrayal push Aldric past the edge of his restraint — unleashing the very power his bloodline was born to bury. Now two Alphas will meet at Valkor, birthplace of the First Wolf, under a full moon, to settle it with blood. But the truth about the child's conception — and Maureen's place in the prophecy that started it all — is about to change everything.

Lady Ashura Maeve ruled the seven kingdoms of Earth realm from the Ice Throne of Ossarath for a thousand years. She bent Wolf, Vampire, and Demon-kin alike into an alliance none of them chose, and her name echoed within and beyond the realms like a war drum nobody had the courage to silence. One throne of living ice in Ossarath. Her reign was never built on love. It was built on a fear so absolute, it kept the peace. Then a tribute caravan to the Dwarves is massacred by Demon-kin raiders. Maeve's retribution is legendary: she buries the Demon Throne of Belgorath in eternal ice, a warning to every nation watching. But where others saw only insolence, Maeve saw opportunity. Her search for answers leads her to the one creature who knows Demon-kin better than she does — Lord Malaek, Sovereign of Shadows, whom she cast into the Underworld a thousand years ago. To keep the conspiracy from spreading, she makes a pact that will d*mn her in the eyes of the Order: The Sanguine Accord. Power shared. Blood bound. The Lords of Order call her action tyranny. They leave her court in silence, daggers already drawn. Their target isn't her throne. It's Talia Strongfoot and Siegfried Aramir,  the only two souls Maeve ever allowed herself to love. When humble Cave Trolls arrive with tribute, Maeve overrules Talia's caution and welcomes them. It is the last mistake of her reign. What follows is pandemonium, betrayal, and a fall so complete it unites every realm she once ruled in a single purpose: End the Ice Sovereign. From sovereign to slave. From legend to condemned. To reclaim anything, Maeve must first learn how to live with nothing.