The funny thing about fate is no matter how hard you try to push it away and avoid it, it will always find you. Eliza gets taken from her mom, and is forced to participate in the Mating trial. The mating trials is when young wolves of both genders get released into the woods to find their mates. It is mandatory for all she-wolfs and males to participate. Eliza has no interest in finding her mate. But fate has a different idea.