Kate, a young girl of a proud family, is accused of violently slaughtering her parents during her first shift into her wolf form. Two beloved pack warriors, gone. Though she had nothing to do with their deaths, the guilt of being in the wrong place at the wrong time begins to weigh on her at the young age of fourteen. As an outcast, she endures the belittlement and cruelty of her pack, refusing to give in to their torment for five years. At nineteen years old, she learns quickly that the new alpha is her fated mate, but before she has a chance to ignore the pounding in her chest, he rejects her. Now she must decide if surrendering her dignity and any chance of being happy is worth staying with the pack her parents loved and fought to protect. With so many against her, the decision seems obvious, but could she make it on her own?