For the readers that crave small-town fall vibes x burn the world for each other & forbidden fated mates (Think of him as Dean Winchester that became a monster and murderer to keep her safe, and she's a rebellious & hurt version of Ginny Weasley) ************** A werewolf only has one mate for life, their soulmate. Alpha Stryker will do anything- anything- to keep his human mate safe. Even abandon her in their small country town for a few years to became a monster and start a war against those that threatened her. He left her in the dark about their world, full of shifters and the supernatural, and broke her heart in the process. Now he hopes to do whatever it takes to show her he's never leaving her again, that all of it- the blood, the bodies, the death- was for her. For them to finally be able to be together safely. Unbeknownst to Stryker, Bee Larkson already knows he's a werewolf and has a few secrets of her own now. Believing he left her behind because she couldn't shift, she's managed to guard her heart with a thick thorny wall. While he's trying to prove himself to her, and she begins to fall all over again for him, what truly hides will come to light. And it might just be her undoing.