Lyndis endured a life of hardship being the daughter of a packless Alpha. Twelve years ago, their pack territory was torn apart in a single night, what little survived scattered. The small group that remained with their downtrodden Alpha was purely family. But death was a relentless pursuer. After a series of heartbreaking losses, at the age of eighteen, Lyndis finally meets her kind and loving mate. For once in her young life, she thought perhaps she would be happy. How wrong she was.