The rowdy and rambunctious werewolf, Caleb Forester, has not lived an easy life. Memories from his past follow him and bite at him like mosquitoes follow dogs on a humid summer day in the Eastland pack. These memories are connected to someone he has never met: his mate, the one person who was made to love him for who he was. In a series of unfortunate events caused by Caleb's misplaced hatred, the ambitious people-pleaser and heir to the werewolf crown, Indira, falls into the grip of a terrible fate when Caleb rejects her as his mate, at first sight. Determined not to let a single werewolf be her downfall, Indira returns to the palace with a fake smile plastered on her face, and hides her shattered pride. When politics and plots and possible coups throw the two together, they must learn to repair the damage Caleb has done, by learning to love themselves before learning to love each other. And this may just be the hardest challenge they have ever faced.