Avery grew up in a broken house knowing nothing but pain and silence. Saved by a wolf with mysterious atributes. Travis is as large and skilled as an alpha, yet he isn't one? How can that be? Nonetheless he shows Avery what living is really about. What happens when they fall in love? And in Travis's desperate attempt to keep a promise, he leaves his mate. They choose each other over a werewolf's greatest gift. A mate. Now their lives are on the line for disgracing the entire werewolf society. Will love conquer all? Or will it simply delay the inevitable?