Ali is birthday is on two days she'll be turning eighteen. Her family is barely getting by. Her mother is a mid wife her father a farmer. She has a sister and two brothers. The town they live is very small. Nicholas and his son Julius run the town. And Ali family owns them a dept. Between this and the town getting ready for the return of the beast half mortal half wolf. She is forced to marry Julius so her family will be forgiven of there dept.