Wolf's Bane — Lynn Leite

Book 7 in the Shifted series. With his sister Lexi safe at home with her mate, Gage Cheveyo, Bryce Woodland returns to the Reiner pack to assume his role as acting Alpha. When Drew Weston, the reigning Alpha, returns with his niece, Ashley, Bryce assumes his life will finally go back to normal. Ashley Freeman is broken in body and mind. Torn apart in an attack sanctioned by her pack's Alpha, she manages to somehow gain the upper hand in the fight. Her uncle's intervention after the attack is the only reason she is still even alive. The good news is her attacker is dead. The bad news is she has just killed Richard Bane, the Alpha's son.