RoseScribe
Sixteen-year-old Valley Young is starving-literally. Abandoned by her emotionally distant father and left to survive on babysitting wages that barely cover rent, she's learned to count every penny, skip every meal, and make herself invisible to a world that doesn't care if she disappears.
Then she meets Julian Wright.
He's everything she's not: confident, surrounded by family, and impossibly drawn to her in ways neither of them can explain. When a violent confrontation with an abusive employer reveals the truth-werewolves are real, and Julian is destined to be Alpha of his pack-Valley's carefully controlled world shatters. But so does her loneliness.
Because Julian isn't just a werewolf. He's her *mate*. And she's meant to be his Luna.
For the first time in two years, Valley has a home. A family. People who see her, protect her, and love her unconditionally-including Sam, her fierce Custos guardian, whose ancient bond ties him to her protection. But when a rival pack orchestrates her kidnapping to exploit the mate bond and break Julian, Valley discovers that belonging comes with a price. Tortured and separated from everyone she loves, she must find the strength to survive-not just for herself, but for the pack that's become her family and the mate whose heart beats in sync with hers.
In a battle that will test every bond she's forged, Valley must prove that the girl who once had nothing is now worth everything.