Astrid lives alone with her dad; she has no idea she is a werewolf or that they even exist! 

It turns out the man that helped raise Astrid isn't her father at all, he tells her that her mother wanted her to have a ""normal"" life until the day she turned eighteen when she would have no choice but to tell Astrid the truth about her identity.

After a tragedy that killed her mother, her father turns abusive towards her over the years for her mother's death. 

Astrid remained completely unaware of her heritage, until a man named Ryker comes into her life claiming they are mates!

The Alpha’s Mate Who Cried Wolf

　　I hold the sceptre in front of me with two hands and recite the chant.


　　I open my heart to accept my new fate


　　Grant me your power to defend all those at stake


　　This fate I accept with all my heart from you.'


　　At first, the sceptre lights up, but then nothing else happens.


　　'No!' Thypon shouts again. He then looks down at Magnus and aims his staff at him. Power surges from his staff, and a blue electric bolt strikes him. He convulses as the strike runs through his body. His open slightly to see me, 'Nina,' he whispers.


　　'Magnus!' I shout. But his eyes close, and his body goes limp.


　　Alec and I stare at one another and breathe heavily at his demise.


　　Thypon laughs and then aims his staff at Damon.


　　'No!' Queen Maia screams. She forms a purple ball of light at Thypon and throws it toward his face. Kadva then stands by her side and forms a blue orb he throws at Thypon.


CHAPTER 166