Regarded by her pack as a useless runt because she cannot shift, Lyra spends years enduring open hostility and dismissive pity. Her quiet misery shifts when she moves into the forest estate belonging to Alpha Damon, an imposing pack leader who happens to be both her best friend's father and her dad's closest ally. Suppressing years of secret infatuation becomes excruciating as Damon's commanding scent fills every corridor of the secluded home.
Damon maintains a stern, authoritative exterior, determined to keep his friend's daughter at arm's length despite the intoxicating pull between them. Yet an accidental brush of hands during an intense summer storm uncovers an undeniable soul link that neither can repress. With strict pack hierarchy forbidding elder alphas from claiming wolfless youths, Damon and Lyra must brave fierce pack condemnation to claim their primal destiny.
