Willow is a twenty-two-year-old woman, living in a small mountain town. Spending her life being abused by her drunken parents, she spends years, working and saving money to get away. Her bus leaves on her twenty-third birthday, but her parents have other plans. When she comes home from work one night, she finds Dennis Shaw Junior, the police chiefs' son, in her home with her parents... moreWillow is a twenty-two-year-old woman, living in a small mountain town. Spending her life being abused by her drunken parents, she spends years, working and saving money to get away. Her bus leaves on her twenty-third birthday, but her parents have other plans. When she comes home from work one night, she finds Dennis Shaw Junior, the police chiefs' son, in her home with her parents. Not caring for the man at all, Willow is angry when she learns that her parents sold her to him for a get out of jail free card and cash. Fighting to survive, Willow fights to get away. When she's caught, she's thrown into a concrete cellar and left to die from her injuries.Alias is a twenty-five-year-old, alpha's son. Getting along just fine, his world is flipped upside down, when his little brother goes missing. Tracking his much younger brother, Alias and his friends find the cellar. Inside his baby brother is hurt. His friends find Willow, almost dead. Bringing her back to the pack, he's angry when he thinks she's responsible for his brother going missing. Trying to understand what happened, he sees the injuries Willow has sustained. He doesn't know that she's what he's been missing, all his years alone.This book is one of two in a new series. This book contains violence, anxiety, and potential triggers. There is a lot of struggle with mental health in this book. less