"Her name isn't Sophie, I lied, her name is Fatima Safiya Ashlynn - I thought she would die where I left her."

There were not many things that I knew much about but pain... Pain I knew. I understood it and its various types. Emotional pain as time dragged by, physical pain I felt when my mate had sex with another woman, when different men had come, nightly beatings, mental pain when he played tricks, when I realized no one from my pack was looking for me. Worse pain... knowing that I was here paying for another person's actions and my children were paying too. Yeah... I knew pain.

Sometimes we wish we could start from scratch. Cold and heartless Kaden Romano, was going to get his second chance without asking. Will he be able to open his cold heart to starting over? Or will those that ripped him from his life once, forever altering him, succeed?

"Take my hand Kieran... I swear... I promise... I won't let go."

After moving to Southern California, Chelsea's life has never been better... or more complicated. She's settled with her pack. She's met her mate. And now everyone's secrets are piling up. Just like her, Gabriel has many secrets of his own. But the problem with secrets is that they have a nasty habit of hurting people. And it's not just the things Gabriel is hiding that worries Chelsea; she knows there are bigger, worse things out there. When she discovers what Gabriel is hiding, will the two of them be able to correct past mistakes, or will the darker side of her mate prove too much for Chelsea to handle? Gabriel and Chelsea are going to continue facing the unexpected, but the question is will they do so together? Or are unknown forces going to tear them apart?