Lily is the daughter of the leader of a small clan of shape-shifters who live in constant conflict with the mighty werewolf kingdom. She knows she will someday marry a man from another clan, and continue the fight against the werewolves. That all comes crashing down when her father returns from a hunting party with a prize: the young new alpha of a werewolf pack, defeated in battle. But as Lily gets to know this mysterious man, she realizes the feeling that he stirs up in her is not fear, but something else entirely...