
Over 500 years ago lycans emerged from the forest and fought for survival as humans, out of fear, refused to accept their arrival and killed them indiscriminately. After 200 years of fighting, lycans finally established dominion over the humans, governing them and breeding with them. The lycan population grew, a new caste called werewolves was established, and many lucky humans were bestowed gifts from the lycan gene as compensation for being unable to shift.
300 years later, Celeste Oleander is a young human artist in her early twenties with a rare and, therefore, highly sought after gift: she is able to produce visions and locate an individual's mate no matter their location around the world with 100% accuracy when successful. She is rewarded for her gift and afforded many luxuries not available to everyone. Her boyfriend, Matthew Kovac, on the other hand, is thought by Celeste to be a full-blood human, but is a valuably gifted and well-known member of a rebel group that wishes to overthrow the new eastern Alpha who has proven to be even more abusive with his power than his father was before him. He has been keeping his gift hidden from Celeste since they first met when they were teenagers; this undisclosed gift will soon unleash unresolvable devastation on the young couple.
After a particular incident with the rebel group involving Matthew exposes their cover, he evades the lycan authorities while Celeste is taken in as a potential accomplice and accused of harboring a criminal among other charges. She is to be brought directly to the eastern Alpha himself. When they come face to face with each other, she realizes this is the man she has been dreaming of at night: her mate. Alpha Ronan Torres, the eastern Alpha - the Alpha oppressing the humans and threatening to take over the other three regions in the country one by one to become the most powerful country, and therefore Alpha, in the world.
Harboring a potentially fatal secret, torn between her stubborn humanitarian boyfriend and the authoritarian alpha who seems open to some of her critiques on his leadership style, Celeste must decide between revealing her secret to Alpha Ronan at her own peril or withholding her secret to further Matthew's rebel agenda. As both men use hidden tactics to win her heart, Celeste must maintain her hold on reality while making a decision that will alter the course of future history.
