As the unwanted Omega of the Shadow Keepers, Amber keeps a low profile, preferring to blend with the background, but she's lately been catching the eye of the infamous, cold-hearted Lucas Blackthorne, her soon-to-be Alpha. It doesn't take long for Amber to find out why: He's her Mate, and the discovery couldn't possibly come at a worse time. Lucas's plans for greatness set upon him by his manipulative grandfather don't include an Omega for a Mate, but rather a political alliance for a marriage. Amber is immediately rejected, but not before Lucas marks her in a moment of heat, dooming them both to a life of insatiable need. Banished from the only home she's ever known, Amber is forced to become a rogue when she meets a fellow rogue who helps her realize that she is no low-ranking Omega, and that she's got the blood of an Alpha running through her veins. Six years later, Amber is content with her life as Alpha of a pack that rivals her former one, and is the proud owner of a flourishing -albeit somewhat illegal- business. Just when she thinks she has got a chance at true happiness; someone from her former pack is found murdered on her territory. Now, she must answer to her furious Mate who comes barging back into her life just when Mating Season, the time when her need peaks, is around the corner, all while an evil from her past lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike.