20,000 years ago, survival meant strength, courage, and the will to kill. But one boy chose mercy over violence—and changed the course of human history. After failing his first kill, Keda is left for dead in the wilderness, broken and alone. With no tools, no tribe, and no hope, he must face the ice, the predators, and his own fears. Then he saves a wolf. Not for food. Not for glory. But because he could not look away from pain. Now, their fates are bound. Every choice could feed them—or starve them. Every step could lead home—or deeper into death. You decide: What does it mean to be human when the world only rewards beasts?

Abandoned and left to fend for herself, Marigold, a human-wolf hybrid, navigates a world tearing itself apart. When fate thrusts her into the path of Asher, the powerful Alpha of the East, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. But their newfound bond is immediately tested by war, hidden truths, and the ghosts of a past that refuse to stay buried. Can their love survive a world intent on tearing them apart, or will Marigold's secrets be their undoing?