"Bella, you're driving me crazy," Nathan whispered, his warm breath sending shivers down her neck. "I can't resist you any longer." Belladonna trembled, torn between fear and desire. "Nathan, what if someone finds us?" she whispered, her voice barely audible.Nathan's hands tightened around her waist, pulling her closer with a possessive grip. "I want to make you mine," he growled, his lips brushing her ear. "Right here, right now. I can't wait any longer." Belladonna's heart pounded as she pleaded, "Please, Nathan, I'm scared. I don't know what will happen to you if he—""I don't care," Nathan cut her off, his eyes dark with hunger. His hand slid up her back, tangling in her hair and tugging gently. "You're all I think about. I need you, Bella. I crave you." He tilted her head back, his lips hovering just above hers. "You make me lose control," he whispered, his voice thick with desire. "I want to devour you, to taste every inch of you. You're mine, Bella."Belladonna Arkwright, the 21-year-old daughter of the Alpha, had always felt like an outsider. Without a wolf, her strange half-black, half-white hair, and pale gray eyes made her a target for ridicule and fear. After her mother's death, her father remarried, and her new family treated her with cruelty and contempt.Accused of trying to kill her stepmother, Belladonna was imprisoned and poisoned. Miraculously saved and given a second chance, she escaped and met her fated mate Nathan Blackwood, the kind but possessive Beta of the Shadow Fang Pack. But their bond was inexplicably blocked.Fate took a surprising turn when Lucian, the cold and ruthless Alpha and Nathan's best friend, claimed Belladonna as his mate. As secrets about her true heritage unfolded, Belladonna goes through a tough time and a world of werewolves, discovering love, strength, and her own destiny.