The brooding Alpha Charles stood before her with his eyes a bright yellow. His gaze was cold, and she shivered as a slave of fear came over her. "What did you do?" He asked. "I swear, I didn't mean to. It was an accident." She babbled. Rebecca, facing execution for a crime she didn't commit, unexpectedly harnesses dark energy to obliterate her pack. Fleeing to escape the warriors, she stumbles upon Allister, who is both her mate and the leader of the Warriors of the Veil. Despite trying to evade him, Allister brings her within the veil's protective walls. While Rebecca hides, a dangerous force is unleashed as her presence awakens the imprisoned darkness. "The last thing we needed was a mate. And if I ever had one, I would make her wish she had never been paired with a monster like me." The members of the veil are not allowed to have a mate. Being the leader of the veil and discovering that Rebecca is his mate. Ander is caught between killing her or saving her.