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?

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?

Kiley Hayes has been watching her sister and mate around her, loving one another while she ached. But after the Luna steps in she stopped caring, stopped longing for the boy that was never hers. But when she gets a second chance, will she end up having to fight for this second mate as well?

Questions from the Series, "Unexpected."

CHARACTER INDEX

Three years after they've faked their deaths Chelsea and Gabriel Gavino were heading back home. "Our story hadn't ended, but we were starting a new chapter once again, preparing for a war that no human, Shifter, Vampire or Fae would be left out from. We were returning home, to a world that had changed. We were searching for a girl in a billion while trying to save humanity from itself and the evil minder power hungry in charge." ---------------------- BOOK #4

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

She is the Chosen One. He is Gabriel Gavino, il prossimo Mafioso Don - the next in line. Before she saves anyone they're going to save each other.