Once the Northern Wolf Clan’s most adored princess, Freya is ruined by the very brother who should protect her. Falsely branded as the Holy Maiden’s poisoner, she is cast out to a border temple and forced through three months of savage torment—hunger, hellhounds, searing silver needles, and ice vats—until despair finally ends her life. Yet her death is dismissed as an act, and King Hadrian remains convinced she is still playing along. Her brother stuffed her lifeless