Lieutenant Ray Hodges was a beast of a man. In fact, he was known as 'Beast' around the Air Force base and over the last ten years of hard work he had earned the name. He lived and breathed the Air Force... but that life came to a screeching halt when he found himself close to dead and shipped back to his hometown by the beach with nothing to do but recover and work his way back to the air force. What happens when his life collides with Seychelles Roberts, a woman who lived to help anyone and everyone into a better lifestyle? And what will Seychelles do when she sees that this beast of a man needs her help? Or maybe she's the one who needs him?

The students have never known much about living outside the city. All they know is that the outside world is strange and wondrous, and only the Academy's best practitioners can hope to explore it. But when the children venture out into the thick wilderness, they come to a dark realization : not all creatures value the magic and its people. To save the people they care for, their family, and their world, the students have to take the longest journey they've ever known...which won't be easy with demons lurking about.

"Annabell, I'm so sorry." Nate said looking at me with sorrow. I just looked back at him with a cold glare. "Why are you sorry now? Huh? Why didn't you want me then? You said so yourself. I was ugly, fat, and a waste of space!" I yelled. He whimpered as I said this. "You aren't sorry." I snarled. "Yes I am!" He stomped his foot like a little boy. "I was stupid! I would do anything to take back what I said! Those three years without you were hell! I beat myself up everyday wishing I could take it all back!" "No." I said crossing my arms over my chest. I couldn't believe it, I wouldn't. "You just want me now that you know I'm the Great Wolf anymore. I'm not that weak little girl anymore. You now think I'm worthy of being the pack's Luna. Well guess what I don't want to! The pack will love you for getting them stuck with Brooke. I have an amazing mate and I'm the goddess damned Great Wolf. You rejected me? Well, joke is on you." ---------------------- Annabell Cooper was there for her parents and little sisters murder four years ago. Three years ago she was made the packs slave. Everyone blames her for their death and hate her. She is counting the days until she finds her mate who will save her. Nate Reynolds is the alpha to be. He's a cocky player who doesn't have a care in the world. On his eighteenth birthday he finds his mate, Annabell. He doesn't think she's cut out to be a Luna so he rejected her. Heart broken and sick of how she's treated she runs away to find a new start. While running she runs into the Wolfsbane Pack's territory and meets Cole, the alpha, and Jason, the beta. The Wolfsbane pack is the most feared pack. They take her in and train her. Three short years later she's pack to train her old pack. She's not the broken hearted weak girl anymore. She's the Wolfsbane's pack warrior. She doesn't take shit from anyone. She just happens to be the Great Wolf that comes around every 1000 years. Nate rejected her? Well joke is on him.

She's no hunter. She doesn't mess around. She's the hotest, smartest, powerfulest Protector. She's Cassidy Ruth. Cassidy is full of dark secrets. Only May Smith, her right hand person, and Keith Ryan, her left hand person, know these dark secrets. What happens when she meets her mate? Will he run when she finally opens up to him? Or will he be included in them? Meet Saxon Right. His father is Alpha Right. Funny name huh? Saxon is a jokester. He may look serious but he's actually a childish boy. What happens one day when he's attacked by a hunter and a Protector comes to his rescue? And she also turns out to be his mate?

"Aria, you don't know how sorry I am. Please. Please. Please. Give me another chance. You don't know how much you mean to me. I was so scared when I thought that you were gone forever. I hate myself for what i did to you. I am so sorry. Please just say something." Damien rambled. He told me the same kind of thing every day. I just sat there in the chair that faced the window that showed me the forest that I used to love. I didn't look at him, and he may have thought that I didn't hear what he said to me, but I heard every word. It had been a month since I "woke" up. I hadn't said a word in that month. The Moon Goddess shouldn't have let me come back. I should have died when I swallowed all of those pills. I shouldn't have to go through all of this pain again. Those pills made everything numb. They made the pain go away. When I've been left alone, which is rare since I'm on suicide watch, for good reason, I've tried to make it all go away again. I don't even care how this time. I'll go through a couple minutes of physical pain to get away from this emotional pain that will last me a life time. But I can't physically harm myself. Whatever I find and I can't make myself pick it up. I'm just frozen in place. It's like the Moon Goddess put a curse on me. This second chance wasn't a blessing. It was a curse. Damien kept on rambling on when he said those three words. Three words that made me fall apart even more. "Aria, please say something. I can't bear to see you like this. Say something. Aria, please. I care about you so much. I- I love you. I've always loved you." Those three words were a lie. They couldn't be true. A monster like Damien wasn't capable of love. He wasn't capable of loving me. He would have never caused me so much pain if he ever loved me. Then I spoke for the first time in a month. Three words I had never said to anyone, because I had never truly felt that way. "I hate you." I whispered in a barely audible voice, but he heard me.