In an elite gothic academy where four dangerous Alpha heirs view the female student body as numbers on a mating chart, their world is upended by a mysterious human professor who wields an ancient power capable of neutralizing their wolves—unbeknownst to them, she/he is the descendant of the bloodline that broke their race centuries ago.

Four Alpha Cardinals of St. Jude’s Cathedral Academy:

❄️ Aldrich Williams’s Story:

Professor Cross arrives incognito at the Academy’s Masked Winter Gala to observe the upcoming Alphas, keeping The Null completely deactivated. Intrigued by Cross's calm defiance, Aldrich initiates a complex waltz with the masked stranger. Because Cross's power is dialed down to zero, the purebred winter bloodline is violently triggered by the close proximity. The ancient neuro-scent highway inside Aldrich's brain explodes with the scent of winter frost and ancient parchment. His pristine, majestic glacier wolf slams against his ribs, forcing his heart rate to try and synchronize with Cross's steady human pulse.

The next morning, Aldrich—the absolute king of emotional containment—finds himself brooding in his study, completely unable to focus on his political ledgers or the female students. He experiences an uncalculated, terrifying internal heat and physical sweat every time he remembers the waltz. His Glacier Aura completely fails to freeze his own hyper-activating biology back into submission.

Aldrich is an autocratic tyrant who views the world as a chessboard he designed. By falling victim to his private anatomy during a formal dance, he has anchored his entire existence to a human who views him as a high-risk subject behind a fence. His mental dominance is shattered when Cross takes the podium, leaving the cold tyrant burning with a fever he cannot control, forced to submit to a sovereign higher than himself.