Clareth

The world is divided into three realms: the Heavens, ruled by the Pure Moon Goddess; the Mortal Realm, home to twelve wolf packs ruled by the Alpha King; and the Infernal Realm, where merciless werewolf demons live under the rule of three powerful triplet alphas. For three years, the Mortal Realm has maintained peace with the Infernal Pack by sending a royal bride every year. But none of the brides has ever returned alive. Each one is eventually found dead outside the Infernal Palace, leaving the true cause of their deaths a terrifying mystery. This year, the Alpha King's decree falls upon the Moonshadows pack. The chosen bride is the Alpha's illegitimate daughter, but shortly before the triplet alphas arrive to claim her, the illegitimate daughter is brutally mistreated by her stepsister and stepbrother. Fearing that the demons will be angered by the bride's injuries, her father prepares to protect his beloved legitimate daughter. Watching her family panic at the thought of her stepsister's death, the Aria the illegitimate daughter realizes something heartbreaking: if her stepsister dies, everyone will mourn her, but if she dies, nobody will shed a tear. Instead of allowing her stepsister to be sacrificed, she steps forward and offers herself in her place. For the first time, the three demon lords personally come to collect their bride. But when they see the heroine, they realize she is not the woman they were expecting. Yet something about her presence unsettles them. As she enters the mysterious Infernal Palace, Aria discovers that the deaths of the previous brides may conceal a much darker secret. The three triplet alphas begin questioning who she really is—and why the Moon Goddess appears to have marked her. What begins as a sacrifice may become the key to an ancient secret capable of changing the fate of all three realms.