Three hundred years ago, when the ancestors of Blackthornโthe strongest pack in the Northern Allianceโpassed the Tower of Abandoned Daughters in the Moon Goddess's territory, one of them made a careless boast. "What use is a female pup? If she dies, she deserves it." That night, the Moon Goddess cast down a blood curse. From then on, every man entered in the Blackthorn family register would suffer the curse of the Abandoned Daughter under the blood moon if he failed to complete a legal mating and marking with an intact Moonmarked Omega before the age of twenty-five. His chest would swell, a womb would form within him, his Alpha scent would collapse, and his wolf form would spiral out of control. The only one who could break the curse was a Moonmarked Omega whose blessing from the Moon Goddess remained unbroken. My twin sister, Mia, and I were both Moonmarked Omegas. In my last life, Soren Blackthorn wanted to choose Mia, but I fought desperately to stop him. ......
