Cora experiences first hand hardship when her pack is taken over by the Alpha of a neighboring pack, killing her parents in the process while she’s forced into slavery. To eat, she’s forced to steal scrumbs and even sometimes made to eat raw food just to make sure she doesn’t starve. On one occasion where she stole, she’s taken to the new Alpha for punishment, i.e. after she had been publicly embarrassed and beaten. The new Alpha first punishes her by raping her for days and then drops her off in the territory of a well known brutal Alpha who he is sure would kill her… She’s taken in by the soldiers of the fearsome Alpha only for Cora to find out that he was her mate, but the worst happens when he rejects her and keeps her locked because he thinks she’s a spy. Alpha Maxwell, after rejecting her, doesn't seem to understand why he still feels a pull towards her, And is then shocked to discover that the beat up girl at his pack’s territory is the moon goddess’s way of healing him…