As an Omega, the lowest-rank werewolf in any pack, Claire is confident her smoking hot Alpha can't be her mate. But she's wrong -- not just about him, but also about her place in the werewolf world. ***** Adopted into a family of Omegas, the lowest-ranking werewolves in the Mistwood Valley pack, eighteen-year-old Claire Masters is more concerned with her schoolwork and her adorable little brother than pandering to pack politics. But when Nathanial Groves, the pack's inescapably attractive Alpha, steps into her life, her entire world is thrown into disarray. Because Claire can't help feeling drawn to him -- irresistibly so -- and it's distracting her from the growing danger looming over her town and her family. A mate is the last thing she has time for, but can Nate be ignored? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

We were built to be equals. None of us can hurt each other. Neither of us can hope to outsmart the other, to overpower the other or to kill each other. The rules are however. She can only destroy things I have created and I can only fix things she has destroyed. Theoretically, there might be some imbalance or loophole to that. But none of us has dared to exploit it until recently. The boy. He carries our fate. The fate of gods that extent beyond multiple universes lies in what he's here to do. He's here to kill me.