My feet slipped off the floor, and he rushed to hold me up. “Elowen!” His arms wrapped around me, and so was his scent of rain on grasses. I could feel his heart beat softly, but the beat came as melodies to my ears. “Asher…” my palms grazed his jaw. “I’m not a werewolf, I'm not like you… I'm human.” I paused, taking in breath. “But you said… I might be your mate, how?” His face came closer to mine, and I could almost taste him—like coffee in the back of my tongue. “It’s just a plain instinct that controls every part of me.” ******************************************************** After Logan betrayed me by revealing to Alpha Asher that I was human, everything took a confusing turn. Asher needed me as the cure against his curse, but the first sight of him seemed to wake memories I never knew existed—memories about my late parents' death and the grief that still clawed at me. Things only got more confusing when my attraction grew for the same man whom I discovered as my parents' killer—the same man who’d caused this grief upon me. How did he become my mate since I was human and he a werewolf?