What if Klaus met Hayley years earlier? When a young, tough-as-nails werewolf arrives in Mystic Falls helping Tyler Lockwood break sire bonds, she catches the attention of the Original Hybrid. Hayley Marshall may be younger, but she's no less fierce shaped by abandonment and survival, she's got walls as high as Klaus's own. As he discovers both her strength and the vulnerability she hides beneath, Klaus finds himself intrigued by the one wolf who refuses to bow to him.