For as long as Isabel can remember, she’s been a rogue. Her parents are deceased; she has no pack, no mate, and no one at all except for her older brother Ben. She’s grown used to being a nobody, the butt of others’ jokes, and for the most part, alone.

But during a routine errand gone wrong, Isabel stumbles onto a pack’s territory and comes face to face with a fierce—and devastatingly attractive—shifter the likes of which she’s never seen or felt.

Isabel is certain this is her mate. But will he accept her, a nobody rogue? Or will he reject her to maintain his status in his pack?

With growing danger at every turn, Isabel finds herself in the center of a desperate war between amassing rogues and a fearsome pack, working not only to uncover the mystery of what happened to her once-happy family, but to win over the man she is certain is the love of her life.

Rejected by the Beta

I blink when I enter the elven village territory.


My heart skips a beat out of raw fear. I don’t want to run into Balin or anyone. If they see me here they will drag me back. 


But I miscalculated one very important thing. There is moonshine swimming in my system. And I find myself drawn to this place. This time since I am aware, it’s easier to fight off the effects.


The portal is still closing behind me and just when I think it’s about to, Cerebus’s head pops out, his tongue lolling out.


I gape at him as the rest of him follows.


“No!” I whisper to him. “You’re for sure going to attract attention here, you idiot! Go back!” 


“I know you can understand me!” I hiss at him, fiercely. “Don’t pretend otherwise.”


He woofs at me, happily, and then drops something out of his mouth onto the grass. I blink before crouching down to pick up the drool covered item. 


Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine