I was always told once you find your mate, everything was up hill from then on. Did anyone ever-EVER- think that a mate could be selfish, cruel, and heartless towards their other half? Could anyone have prepared a young girl to be heartbroken? To have her mate, who she was supposed to love, cherish, grow old with, think her older sister was prettier? Just because she was 16, had breasts, and more experienced? Even though her sister was a dormant wolf. This is how I was chosen second behind my sister, again. How my own Alpha’s son couldn’t even accept me as his mate. How he couldn’t even think about his own mate’s feelings, or how it might hurt her. How he used his very little Alpha command on his own mate to keep her quiet. How he told me I was never going to be good enough for him. This is how my own mate gave me heartache, try to kill me, banish me… and how this all led to love.

17 year old Rose is now stuck with her father to live in in the oldest house that she has ever seen. Her three older brothers have all moved out of the house but are moving to the same area as her and her father but to her supprise her next door neighbor is her mate and guess what? hes next in line to be alpha of his fathers pack. Mark isnt your average alpha mate though. Hes a lot more possesive over Rose and Rose just cant seem to get him to understand that she doesnt want to be his mate. Follow along in the story to see if he finaly gets the message and leaves her alone or if she falls in love with him and changes her mind about what she said.

"...I got on the stage and saw him. My body, mind, everything focused on him, only him. As my eyes locked with his, it was only the two of us in the room, oh heck on this planet, I thought. I saw his eyes widen as he took my appearance in, I smiled, locked his gaze with mines once more and started to dance…"

Nora hates it when werewolves and vampires make themselves known to the world. All she dreams about is escaping to a human community, when she gets chosen to be the mate of werewolf Vincent. Upon learning of her desires to run away, Vincent does everything to keep Nora by his side.