"You are mine," he started slowly with burning anger beneath his words. "So why," he took a step, pushing me backward, "the fuck," another step, "do you think," I almost fell as I stepped on a branch, but I was held up by my neck; he was not phased, "you can run?" Doe is a human living in a werewolf pack. Her whole life has been secretive and careful, but when it's time to meet her mate, she runs. Unsuccessfully, of course. Axle is next in line to be alpha in the pack. He hopes his mate is strong, but he gets the girl with asthma. How will Axle respond to an "unsatisfactory mate"? How will Doe handle all of the truth crushing her reality?