Ryley Halliwell had to learn how to survive in a human city after her pack and family were killed by someone whom she had trusted. She had nothing to her name and when she found out she was pregnant by the person who betrayed her, she knew she had to raise her child to be better than their father. Ryley had become a lone wolf and stayed in the city to raise her son. But now, seventeen years later, she is working as a forensic accountant. She's always been good with money and helped her father run their pack before being attacked. Now, her boss had asked her to relocate to a pack for the summer. She had undercovered a thief in the most powerful and wealthiest pack. And now he wanted her to look through all of their finances. Being a Luna wolf, she refused to submit to any alpha. Not after the man who she believed loved her, betrayed her. But when Ryley's past surfaces and her fated mate wants her back, what will happen to her simple city life with her son?

Chapter One

Ryley

My heart was pounding in my chest and my lungs burned as I ran through the forest that surrounded my pack. I could hear my father’s beta yelling at me, telling me to keep going. Fear explodes through my body as growls from enemy wolves become closer. My father’s beta’s voice became more distant and I knew he had stopped running with me. He stopped to slow down the wolves who were chasing us.

My heart twisted painfully at the thought of our pack being attacked by someone who we trusted. Who I trusted. I was stupid to think he ever cared about me. My family and pack died from my stupidity. And I knew if I got away, my life would never be the same.

As soon as the warriors guarding the north informed my father of the invading army, he commanded his beta to take me to safety. I pleaded with him to let me stay, to fight along his side but he knew I wouldn’t stand a chance. I wasn’t even old enough to shift yet.

My father’s beta carried me, kicking and screaming as he r