Do you know how it feels to be beaten, left behind?
Well, Astrid Wheeler does, and she hates it. She's tired of being used as a pathetic punching bag by her abusive adopted father, Matt. So, she makes her decision. She runs. She runs for hours, until she's positive he's gone, and finds herself deep in a forest. She can't take it, so she later passes out, only to be found by her savior.
Asher Rales, Alpha of his pack. His hard demeanor has everyone thinking he'll never find a mate, but he soon proves them wrong. He finds a small, battered girl passed out on the forest floor, and instantly feels the strong connection flowing through him. He saves her, and plans to win her heart. After all, she is his mate.
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Ever have a bad day? Yeah, you could say Noah Williams did too. But I can guarantee your bad day had nothing on Noah's. Truly and honestly. I don't think you broke a foot, found out your brother was in a coma, got dumped and embarrassed in front of the whole school all in the same day. And the night prior, you found out your parents were splitting up. If you ever did experience something like that all in 24 hours and survived , cudos to you. For Noah everything seemed like a lost cost. But that was until her new lab partner becomes the sunshine in her storm. Aaron Shepard, boy from a troubled past and a bad repped family, sweeps Noah off of her feet. And she becomes smitten with him. But when things with Noah's dad make Aaron revisit his troubled past he tried forgetting, things get pretty shaky. Will the cute couple be able to get through their struggles and come back to each other? Or will their relationship be forever scrambled?