Cast aside by Kane and his pack, Ira doesn’t break—she changes the game. She goes back to his estate wearing obedience like a mask, using the “pet” act to gain access to the pack’s best resources. Kane thinks he has the upper hand and that her fighting spirit is gone. Yet Ira stays calm, keeps growing stronger, and pays no mind to the pack’s humiliation or Kane’s pending arranged mating to Seraphina.