She has been living in limbo for five long years, trying to hide from the festering wounds of her past. Watching her best friend fall in love with her Mate has made her yearn for more from her own life. She was a victim once. She refuses to be one again. She won't let her past ruin her future.
She has learned that the best true justice for a survivor of violent crime is to live a full happy rewarding life. She just needs the courage to take her life back.
He met his future at his best friend's Bonding ceremony. She does not yet know it, but he is just waiting for her to be ready. She is teaching him patience, but he knows she will well be worth any wait.
He does not know it yet, but she is done waiting. He won't know what hit him.