I might be a hybrid but I'm nowhere near strong. I was still too weak to hold my own fort and I hated it. I can't protect anything if I'm this weak. I'll only end up losing everything I hold dear just like I lost my dad, baby and Hayley who wanted to help me. "Liam," I called and he looked up, meeting my eyes. For a few minutes we did nothing but stare into each other's eyes. For a second, I'm reminded of how lucky I am to have two strong Alpha brothers as my mate even though I never asked to be lucky. I shook my head, clearing my head of all thoughts of him and picked up a glass cup on the table. I let it fall to the ground, shattering to pieces. Liam curled his eyebrows at me, intrigued, having no idea what I was up to. I picked up a shard of glass and cut my palm, biting my lips as I refused to show an atom of pain. He tried to reach out to me, "stop," I raised my other hand, stopping him. I stretched my injured hand towards him, allowing three drops of my blood to fall to the ground. "What are you doing, Kitten?" He asked, his eyes fixated on my blood. "Making you a promise," I simply replied, and he looked up, meeting my eyes. "This is a promise by blood Liam and I'm bound to fulfill this promise." "I'll get stronger......." All it took was a day for her once perfect life to crumble before her very eyes. All it took was a little information to turn the entire pack against her. All it took was the revelation of a dark side to her existence for her mate to reject her. In the center of it all stood Elowen, betrayed by her best friend, her pack and her mate. She lost it all in one day but then they showed up. Her story isn't over, with them it is just the beginning. In a world of betrayal, heartbreak, and second chances, Elowen must rise from the ashes to claim the strength she never knew she had.