Arianna Mitchell has always been the pack's most despised werewolf. Everyone picked on her; everyone hated her. Her father has assaulted her on a regular basis since her mother's injury. Arianna's life becomes more complicated when she meets her beautiful mate, the leader of her pack. He was hardly the prince charming she had dreamed of. Instead, he became Arianna's greatest nightmare. He never treats her kindly, and when he finds Arianna is his match, he rejects her. As Arianna attempts to cope with her mate and the death of her mother, old foes resurface. What precisely was her mother concealing that caused her death? The catastrophe was not only an accident; it was murder. Arianna will stop at nothing to find out who killed her mother. Will her mate's misery interfere with her life, creating even greater heartbreak? Can Arianna's mate accept her, or will he, together with a hidden adversary, do her more harm than good? With so much life-threatening danger going on, all she knows is that she'll need her mate more than ever if she's going to make it out alive.