Below the Surface

"Stay away from me!" A shrill cry tore from my throat. I had nowhere else to go. My back was pressed against the cold, pale walls of the school hallway. We were dreadfully, horrifyingly alone.

"C'mon princess, don't act like that." His voice was like velvet, sliding across his tongue. His warm breath fanned across my flushed cheeks. I winced away from his cold touch, a chill running through my spine as he uttered that one horrible, life changing word.

"Mate."

Evangeline's life was much less than perfect. A drunken step father, a careless mother. She relied on her two best friends to keep her sane through her high school years, until she was finally old enough to leave and not be reported as a runaway. Eva's eighteenth birthday arrived much quicker than she expected. Before she had a chance to even think of an escape plan, her life was turned upside down when Liam Weller, the hot talk of the town, confesses his dangerous secret to her. He is a werewolf, a soon-to-be alpha; and she is his destined mate.