Meet Runa of the Mountain Meadows Clan. Early in life she had a plan: be bound with Konner, protect him from ravenous vampires until his fae magic fully awakened, then find a mate and become a full member of werewolf society.
 
Her perfect plan was shattered by tragedy, and she was bound with her best friend's intended bondmate, Mikhail, instead. They were not well-matched.
 
Mikhail, concerned their differences in social class will affect his marriage prospects, has proposed the unthinkable: he wants to be unbound early. But without a faeling to see through his awakening, Runa faces becoming an outcast. What's a wolf to do?
 
Art by Andrew Clark (https://bearcub.deviantart.com/)