River Carver's life has been turned upside down and sideways. She seen her boss, Calvin of two years, murder a man while she stood in the hallway of his club. Terrified to move, she ends up being chased and runs for her life. Now, Calvin Hunts wants River dead for knowing his secret. Declan Whelan is the head Alpha of Highlands Trail. He runs the town and everyone in it. When a terrified and injured River comes to town, he can smell her a mile away. He knows he has to be the one to protect her. And he makes sure he lays claim to her before anyone else does.

Hope was born bearing the mark of the Lyric. She has known all her life about the odd shaped birthmark on the back of her neck but never knew what it truly stood for. Her eighteenth birthday arrives and strange things begin to happen causing Hope to rethink her priorities in life. Before her concerns centered around the simple life of any average high school teenager . Now, with her new found abilities and the discovery of a new friend in the most unlikely of places she decides that it is her time to finally make a difference. But as she sets out for a journey of a life time another group of people, the Special Forces, have a different plans for her. Will she succumb to their wishes or will she follow her heart and fight for the greater good?