On a busy college campus at the start of the fall semester. Brooke Gates is a regular girl with a sense of adventure, clothed in a leather jacket and a black beanie. Her childhood was a tragedy, with her parents dying in a fire and no accidents, leading her to question their death as a target. As she rushes through the crowds in the hallways to the student center, she runs into Theodore Reyes. Theodore stands tall, with dark hair framing his sharp features. He is also seen as forceful, with an effortless charisma that causes others to step aside as he walks through a crowd. He is the alpha of the college's secret werewolf society known as the "moonlit pack". Their eyes met when they collided. Brooke takes a deep breath as she detects something primitive in his presence, both familiar and overwhelming. Theodore can tell she's a werewolf without having transformed her abilities. Brooke mutters an apology for a brief while, embarrassed by the encounter and unaware of the gravity of the person she had run into. Theodore watches her walk away, knowing this is no ordinary student. She's a newly awakened wolf, and her presence is sure to upset the delicate equilibrium of his carefully guarded group. Theodore and the pack discovered Brooke's identity and her parents. Brooke's father, Jimmy Gates, was a good powerful lineage alpha who was killed by the evil alpha Lucian. He is an old rival who wanted Jimmy and his family dead, but Brooke's parents shield her by having her stay with her mother's parents, whose whereabouts are unknown. Lucian has no idea what Brooke looks like until they meet, and he can feel her father Jimmy's presence all over her. Brooke is the new alpha from her father's line, stronger, faster, and more powerful than the wicked alpha.