As an Omega, 17-year-old Sarah is used to being at the bottom of the pecking order, even in her new pack and new high school. But her usually-boring life changes when she turns 18. She expects to shift—and nothing happens.

Now, as if being an Omega isn’t bad enough, Sarah is also human. But Sarah, to her surprise, soon finds her mate: in the pack’s handsome and compassionate Alpha. And the lowly Omega finds herself rocketing to the top of her pack’s status as the new Luna. Just as it seems that life is finally going her way, Sarah learns of a terrible betrayal that results in tragic death, exile, and upheaval of what should have been her storybook ending… Or does it?

Sarah continues her journey, as she is put to the test with just how many life-shattering changes she can take. Will she live as an outcast? Or as the most respected member of her pack?

Sarah joins forces with her trusted and true friend, Ayala. Together, they search for Ayala’s true mate, attempt to unlock her shifter powers, and fend off threats from the deadly Coello. Can they escape his mercenaries, Isaac and Regan? Or will Sarah and Ayala fall prey before they can find their true mates?

Ayala, 18, has always been a hopeless romantic and a dreamer. After a whirlwind year, she’s ready to settle into her new life at the Santa Cruz tree house, with Jasper, Isaac, Regan, and the other members of the pack. When she suggests they host a bonfire, Jasper and the rest agree. It seems like a magical night. But when Ayala leans in to kiss Jasper, he backs away. She’s ready to give up on him as her mate when fate forces them into a cross-country road trip together. Soon, they learn they have more in common than they thought. Might he be her true mate after all?


The Alpha's Mate 

After Isaac leaves, both Nash and I are pretty shaken up. We talk to Greyson about the potential additional threat, and Amanda draws a sketch of the mercenary based on our descriptions. Greyson decides to increase the guards around the edges of our territory, and starts working with Layla to find magical ways to set up more security.


Nash and I try to focus on caring for our pack, especially its newest member. Stella, though, seems a bit different after the incident. Samuel’s extreme emotion triggered something in her, and her Crescent Child characteristics appear more and more frequently.


One morning when she’s about six months old, Nash and I take her out on the beach to splash around in the waves. She sits at the water’s edge, grabbing fistfuls of sand and kicking her chubby little feet in the water. Nash notices a pod of dolphins swimming around a few meters from shore, and points them out to our little girl.


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