"I- I..., I don't understand.." "We were made for each other, we're mates.., although I wasn't expecting my little mate to be this young..." he paused "Yet, I believe... that everything will be fine...." He finished. ----- Living in the human world was simple. Yet, good things never last forever in 16 year old Delaney's case. When told about the other side of her life, her parents, her brother, werewolves and, finally the fact she has a mate, she's turned vulnerable to those who may want to harm towards her. Raven is torn by past memories and mishaps as are most people in this world. His attention that was once settled on his alpha work is suddenly stolen by Delaney. The girl that awakens his heart to try again. His Young Mate shows young love within an unexpected couple. Yet in life you can never control where your heart turns. --- #1 in Werewolf #1 in Romance --- Reader comments: @rosebook29 "This is killing me. Best story I've ever read" @ANNABETH765 "I freaking love this book 👏 👏 👏" @Miss_Blanket "so good!!! I'm crying!"

Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again. Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his. Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all. Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014