Ronan Black, the future Alpha of the Mountainside Pack, has given up his prophecy for his mate. He had trained to become the strongest werewolf ever seen, accepting that he would never have a mate. Until the Elder called Willow, the pack's outcast, as his mate, he had a taste of her during their ritual chase, but she was able to escape. Little did she know he would do anything possible to get her back and to learn her secret.