It had been a decade since his birthday party, a night etched in his memory for one reason alone: her. He'd only exchanged a few words with her, a brief conversation that had nevertheless revealed his fated mate. Ten years. And still, all he had was her name. Every lead had gone cold, every hopeful journey to another pack had ended in disappointment. The young woman he'd met, the one meant to be his, was nowhere to be found, swallowed by a world that seemed determined to keep them apart.