When he was ten, Nathaniel Thibault’s family was killed in a fiery car crash when moving to a new pack in San Diego, CA. As no one knew he survived, no one came to claim him, and he was sent to live in a foster home in Fallbrook, CA. Two years later, Tracie Lowe entered his foster home after she was taken into state custody after her mother died of a drug overdose. No one knew who her father was. Nathaniel knows she is his fated mate, but he doesn’t tell her. He thinks that at twelve, Tracie is too young to understand mates. As she enters her teen years and begins dating, he sabotages every relationship. During their senior year in high school, they pledge to marry each other if they are not married by the time they turn 28. Tracie has lousy luck with dating but doesn’t know that Nathaniel is sabotaging her dates. She runs off to LA to become famous. Tracie is twenty-three, and after five years of failures in relationships and work, she moves back to Fallbrook. After years of failing to get an acting gig and failed dates, she moves back to Fallbrook, CA. Through a series of events, Tracie finds out that Nathaniel has been sabotaging her dating. In a last-ditch effort to keep her, he confesses that they are true mates. He has a lot to make up for his lies and sabotages to win Tracie’s heart, and she forgives him. Tracie wants Nathaniel to want and love her for her, not because of a mating bond he has no control over. He would do anything to protect her, even give up his own life.