"The Council refuses to consider me as Alpha because of my age, and my Uncle and Grandfather agree with them. By Luna, why couldn't I be eighteen? If I was closer to mating age, I could just find my true mate and everything would be like it should be," I said. "If I let Todd mark me, I'm giving my true mate up forever. Something about Todd just isn't right, and I don't even like him, much less love him."

"What are you going to do, Talia?"

I got up and walked down to the lake, looking across at the moonlight rising over the waters. I loved my Pack, I...