When you’re the only human in a werewolf pack, and your best friend is the future Alpha, life is never simple. Kaia Kennedy has spent eighteen years training, fighting, and bleeding alongside wolves, learning their ways while knowing she will never shift, never mindlink, and never be anyone’s fated mate. She has a plan: survive senior year, leave for college, and take over her late mother’s fitness studio to honor the legacy left behind. But plans crumble when rogue attacks escalate across pack borders and Kaia becomes a target, not because of who she is, but because of who she loves. With Aldric gone for Alpha induction meetings, Kaia is left under the watch of his pack brothers, and the fragile peace she built shatters. A break-in, a near abduction, and secrets about her past force Kaia to choose between the human future she designed and the wolf pack that has claimed her as one of their own. In a world where loyalty is law and love is dangerous, Kaia must decide if she will run toward safety or stay and fight for the family that refuses to let her go.