Melinda grew up the spoiled, only child of the Day Break Pack's Beta, eagerly anticipating the day she would meet her mate. Convinced that she would be mated to her childhood crush, son of a neighboring alpha, she is shocked to find out who her fate mate truly is.
In a fit of spoiled defiance, Melinda rejects her mate, sending each of them down unexpected paths of pain and unrest. Unable to ever fully recover, Melinda finds herself at the mercy of a new alpha, who is having his own relationship issues with the luna of his pack. Melinda's rejected mate searches for meaning in his pain when he signs up to train with The Werewolf Council, where he excels and is eventually granted a pack of his own.
When Melinda is forced away from home for a second time, she finds herself in a new pack, with a mysterious alpha she can't fight feeling drawn toward. But just when she feels there may be hope for a happy ended, she's sent away, yet again.
Alone after her mate dies, Bethany plods through her dismal existence until the alpha begins to show her unwanted attention. Unwilling to be the recipient of his affection, she is banished from the pack.
Facing the daunting reality that she is turning into a rogue, packless, and alone, Bethany seeks help from a friend of her mother's. But as that leads to more than she's bargained for, she fears she may never be free to live a normal life.
Forced to follow the instructions of a new alpha, Bethany may have to rely on help from new men in her life to survive. How will she decide to what lengths she is willing to go? She must either satisfy the Alpha's requirements to be accepted or determine what she must do to ensure her freedom.