Malakai Ross (Kai) is a human orphan ready to be on his own. He is sick of the bullying from students at school, specifically Jake, and the abuse at home, if you could even call it "home". He recently moved to Cherrywood with his new foster family and they are anything but friendly. But, Kai pulls through. He gets decent grades and still has his art and his books to keep him going. The only problem is, Kai is already aware of the existence of werewolves, but he is petrified. Will we find out why? Trenton Wolfe is the soon to be Alpha of the Cherry Blossom Pack and has been dying to meet his mate. His 18th birthday has finally come along and he is overjoyed to finally meet the one he will spend the rest of his days with, his future Luna. What happens when he finds his mate, but his mate wants absolutely nothing to do with him? And just how does Kai already know everything about werewolves? Why is Trenton's one and only, completely terrified of him? This book is in two POVs, Trenton's and Kai's CONTENT WARNING: Mental illness, panic attacks, cursing, PTSD, detailed gore, violence, physical and verbal abuse... P.S.~ This story may take you roughly 3 and a half hours to read, but it took me ten months to write 🥲