Stepping out of her chaotic southern past, eighteen-year-old user, Charlie Swan’s niece arrives in La Push with a roaring truck, a wall of self-protective armor, and a lifelong fear that everyone eventually leaves. Sent to live with her quiet police chief uncle after a turbulent upbringing with an absent, unreliable father, she is fiercely independent, loud, and entirely unprepared for the supernatural underbelly of the Pacific Northwest. Enter Paul Lahote: hot-headed, volatile, and fiercely protective. The moment he lays eyes on her chaotic, high-energy entrance at First Beach, the imprint hits like a freight train, instantly stripping away his temper and locking him into an intense, clingy devotion. Now, the notoriously aggressive shape-shifter is hooked, ready to anchor her restless spirit and prove that he isn't going anywhere.