Alice Rae has spent her entire life hiding behind books. At eighteen, she's the quiet scholarship student who would rather spend Friday night studying mythology than attending football games. Everyone at Silver Ridge High knows her as the awkward nerd who trips over her own feet and carries three books everywhere she goes. Everyone except Jake Hunter. Jake is the star quarterback, the future Alpha of the Silver Ridge Pack, and the most popular guy in town. Strong, confident, and dangerously handsome, he has every girl chasing after him. So when Alice accidentally collides with him in the school library and their eyes meet, neither of them expects the impossible. Mate. The scent of wildflowers and old paper nearly drives Jake's wolf insane. The scent of pine and rain makes Alice's heart race. But there's a problem. Humans aren't supposed to be mated to Alphas. And Alice isn't exactly normal. The ancient werewolf legends she's been studying for years may be connected to a secret hidden within her family line—a secret powerful enough to start a war between packs. Now Jake must protect the girl everyone underestimates while Alice discovers that sometimes the strongest person in the room isn't the loudest. And sometimes the Alpha falls first.