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In a future shifter-contract society, orphan Ruby uses every last coin to buy the beautiful white fox Lucien, only to watch him grow smug and cruel as he circles noble Stella instead. After yet another injury and one insult too many, Ruby heads to the registry to replace him. There, she crosses paths with Blaise, a hard-edged werewolf raised for war and condemned to brutal fighting pits. Ruby chooses the discarded wolf over her ungrateful fox, leaving Lucien shocked, bitter, and full of regret as his desperate chase for redemption begins.