Cover made by: @Malak-- "Ruby why are you so afraid to open up to me? I've been trying to love you but all you've been doing is pushing me away and I'm sick of it" "How can I trust you when my foster parents abused me for years? Trusting someone doesn't come easy to me. I want to trust you, I really do, but my wall is built too high" ------------- Ruby Carter never had a normal life. When she turned 16 her life changed for the worst. An abusive man and woman adopted her into their messy world. Noah De La Cruz is a wealthy CEO from California. The women love him because of his looks and money and he knows it. Women fall at his feet at the snap of a finger and he loves it. What will happen when Ruby shuts him out and don't fall at his feet?

Lafayette "Fate" Robinson is a rejected guide just trying to live out her exile in quiet solitude. She's got everything she could ever want: a house, a dog, and miles of land all to herself. All she has to do is wait until she's out of her prime, and then she'll never have to worry about rogue sentinels again. Her carefully laid plans come tumbling down when she wakes up one chilly morning in a bond to one of the world's most powerful alpha sentinels, Jack Hammond . With the eyes of the world upon them, they agree to a one-year commitment. Can he convince her that life is better with a sentinel by her side? Or will Fate follow a different path? A Sentinel and Guide story