Adelaide Starling is all alone after her parents are murdered by a rogue pack at age ten and her mate rejects her only a few years later. So to get over her insurmountable pain she leaves her pack and joins another, more gentle and supportive one. When she returns two years later she is a much more advanced fighter than she was before. Her mate wants her back and will do anything to prove himself. Will Adelaide accept his effort and allow him to claim her?