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