Set in the early 21st century, this story follows Arya Slate, a girl trapped in her own sex, disappointing her family's expectations with dreams of being a strong, fierce Slate like her brother Rob, instead of a princess like her sister Susan. Now, Arya is 17 and almost ready to leave high school, when she finds out her parents have been murdered in a crude business deal, while her siblings have been kidnapped, if not killed already. Arya must find a way to hide her identity as she runs from upscale New York City, to the Lower West side, going by the name Aaron. There, she meets Drew (Gendry). Very attractive Drew, who lends her a hand in hiding who she is. Drew teaches her to fight, which makes her realize just how fierce and strong she is. But can she use these skills to avenge her family? Or will she settle into this new identity?
My mum always used to tell me what it's like to see your mate for the first time. She used to say that at that moment, everything around you stopped, that nothing else mattered.
And nothing else would matter. If it wasn't for the little girl clinging to my leg right now. That little girl that trusts me with her life, that beautiful little girl that made me hold on and not give up on life. That little girl, whose father is standing in front of me right now. He's my mate.
The edges of his lips curve and he looks up and down as if checking me out.
"Long time no see." Are the words that first come out of his mouth that break the silence.
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Lexie is an Alpha's daughter. She faces a hard few days and thinks a night at the club will help her get through this. A few drinks won't hurt, right? At least that's what she thinks. Yet that night will change everything sooner than she would ever imagine.
When the next day, her pack gets attacked, everything is chaos. Her mother and father are killed and her world shatters. She's forced to run away and leave everyone that she still has left behind. She thinks she has no one... that's until she finds out about another heartbeat in her body.
Raising a baby on your own is hard enough. After a few years she finally meets her mate though and it turns out she knows him after all. How will she confess that her mate is actually her daughter's father? What will happen now?
We don't live in a fairy tale where every story has a happy ending though. Real world isn't that easy...if you can call a world full of mystical creatures very real.