Thomas Mycroft thought the border’s monsters were a far‑northern problem—until soldiers and children vanish from his own barracks and a cold, clever thing begins to pull at men’s minds. Bound to a direwolf pack and a weaponized knowledge stone he only half understands, Thomas rides north to rip the rot from the ground. But while he hunts the heart of a ruin that feeds on the living, merchants and nobles conspire in the city below. His wife, Princess Regent Catherine, faces knives.
After three years devoted to caring for her injured son, Angela has forgotten what it feels like to be seen as a woman. At forty, she joins a gym to rebuild her confidence and reclaim the life she lost. There she meets Logan, a young trainer who gradually becomes her closest friend. His attention awakens feelings she thought were long gone—but Logan has a girlfriend, Angela has a husband, and the attraction between them is becoming harder to ignore.
This is a retelling of 'Darcy's Adventurous College Life Transition. A college girl's obsession with Zoe, a willing "Resident," plunges her into a dark world of ritualistic boxes, cunt faces, and sacrifice. As she navigates a system built on control and death, her fight for identity and freedom becomes a desperate battle for love, survival, and escape.
This is set approximately three weeks after the events at the end of Book 3. The house is finally taking shape. The renovation is progressing, the household is growing, and the women of the Wolfe family are beginning to build something that feels less like captivity and more like a home. But peace never truly lasts.