Ayla Carter has spent eighteen years believing she was just... ordinary.She has an overprotective father who panics every year on her birthday, a best friend who's determined to make college unforgettable, and a future she's finally ready to chase in New York.But on the night she turns eighteen, everything changes.Strange dreams become impossible to ignore. The necklace she's worn since childhood begins to burn against her skin. And someone—or something—is hunting her.Then she meets ThalricStar hockey player. Campus heartthrob. Future Alpha.The moment their eyes meet, his wolf recognizes her as his mate.The only problem?Ayla is human.At least, that's what she's always believed.As secrets buried for eighteen years claw their way to the surface, Ayla discovers that the woman she called Mom died protecting her from a truth too dangerous to tell. She isn't who she thinks she is, and the blood running through her veins could either unite the werewolf world... or tear it apart.With ruthless Alphas closing in, a prophecy awakening, and a mate who's torn between the laws of his pack and the pull of his heart, Ayla must decide who she truly is before someone else decides for her.Because some secrets are worth dying for.