A brilliant hacker who demands logic. A ruthless alpha wolf driven by pure instinct. And a high-tech war for survival where the laws of nature are about to be rewritten…Chloe Jones lives her life by predictable systems, clean code, and standardized medical charts. Logic is her sanctuary. But ever since she slammed a heavy metal clipboard into a psychopath’s face to save her best friend, her internal software has been completely glitching. Specifically, it glitches every time she looks at Torin.Torin is the Black Ridge pack’s Beta—a towering, six-foot-four wall of predatory muscle sculpted out of scars, canvas, and dangerous intent. For weeks, his inner wolf has been frantic to claim Chloe. He doesn't care about her nursing textbooks, her dual-authentication firewalls, or her insistence that her racing pulse is just "adrenaline residue."When an elite rogue pack launches a devastating cyber-intrusion to erase federal evidence and isolate the pack's fortress, the digital war spills into the physical world. Suddenly, Chloe’s off-campus apartment is an active target zone, and the only way to save the ridge is to venture into the freezing, lawless mountain gorges together.To survive the frost, the tech-savvy student must rely on the brute strength of an unyielding protector—and the dominant shifter must learn to play by a fierce human girl’s rules. But as the bedrock fractures and ancient forces step out of the shadows, they realize the fated mate bond is a variable neither of them can out-analyze. Read more