In Cape Aurelia, everything begins and ends with the Echelon—a dismantled aristocracy reborn in the shadows—as powerful as they are secret. After generations of loss and suffering, three alphas from the exiled Cerulean family are fighting for reentry into the Echelon’s clandestine ranks by competing in the Trials, a set of five deadly tests. Before they can begin, each pack is supposed to be gifted a noble omega. Instead, the Ceruleans get me. Pulled from a brothel, I’m forced into the Trials at threat to my family. I’m not a noble. I’m not even an omega. My very presence is an insult, and they don’t hesitate to remind me. If they're determined to shackle me, I will become their reckoning.