To protect her village, Chohee is offered as a human sacrifice to the feared Choneun Peak. But instead of death, she finds herself face-to-face with the infamous leader of a band of outlaws—rumored to be more beast than man. Yet the more time she spends in his shadow, the more his brutal reputation begins to crack. Who is the man behind the mask of the wolf—and why does he seem more protector than predator? In the deadly silence of the mountains, a dangerous bond begins to form.