A young Ever Steele is a werewolf in District 12, she was unfortunate enough to be chosen for the 50th Mating Games. Every year one girl and one boy are chosen from each districts to participate in the Games. But really the boys are the only ones playing the girls...we're running for our Freedom...and sometimes lives.
Peeta, Alpha to the (starving) Blind Howl Pack, is picked as well, he feels an immedient attraction and vows to make sweet, innocent Ever his. But Cato matches his aggressiveness in claiming Ever before Peeta can.
Ever attaches to small Rue, the 13 girl shadows the 16 year old Ever. Its obvious two strong Alphas want her, but what happens when a jealous Glimmer vows to kill her before she can be marked and flown away? Who will claim the frightened wolf? Will Ever still have her freedom and free will, or will the chains of a Mark bind her strong will?