Yara Ellis is a medical student hiding in a human university while she studies to become a doctor. Unlike most doctors, Yara is majoring in both human medicine and veterinary medicine while minoring in zoology. Since the packs are constantly at war, she knows that there are never enough doctors to help injured pack members. She's been on her own for several years, escaping from her previous pack and making her own way in the world, hoping to one day return to her roots and become the premier doctor of the packs.

Warren Hill is an Alpha, caught up in the constant wars that abound between the packs and the never-ending battles. He's a young Alpha, strong and powerful, but because of the constant fighting between the packs, he's never been able to find his mate.

One day, when Yara is out letting her wolf run, she comes across Alpha Warren, who is caught in a bear trap. She's heard of this, packs leaving traps so that members of other packs get caught and either die a slow death or are easily killed.

Warren is in his wolf form, unable to shift without ripping his leg off. Yara carefully springs the trap, releasing him from his metal prison. However, Warren recognizes her as his mate, and when his pack arrives, he's unwilling to leave her behind.

Yara doesn't want to return to Warren's pack but is unable to fight against the Alpha. When she hears that the one who desperately wants her, the one she ran to get away from, is now Alpha of his pack, she realizes that the safest place for her might be with Alpha Warren, even if he is her mate and even if he is unwilling to ever let her go.