(Warning! Loads of sexual stuff in here!) Charlotte grew up around werewolves, since her sister knew at a young age that she was mated to one. She was practically raised with them. But when her sister and brother in law died, she took the responsibility of taking their kids in, Penelope and Ben. While at a pack party, Her mate, one of the originals who was cursed to wait a hundred years to find his mate, found her and took her away from her the family that took her in. (Independent book 1/7)