The Rogue Alpha Inside the Moonless Vault

Wolf hunter Mara Quill meets rogue Alpha Rafe Noct inside a sanctuary where no faction can command, hunt, or imprison another. By morning the Hostess is dead, their scent-memory marks the scene, and the living Vault has sealed thirty guests underground. To escape, Mara and Rafe must replay lies that permanently consume emotion while deciding whether his obsession is evidence, protection, or another cage.

A wolf hunter enters a neutral sanctuary with the rogue Alpha she should arrest, then the living Vault seals them beside a murdered Hostess.