A Fate So Cruel

It has been 12 years since the Lycan emerged from the shadows and conquered the world. Today, North America is divided into two dozen Territories overseen by the Centrality, and the humans within those Territories live in poverty and fear. Despite a difficult upbringing in the poorest Burrow in one of the harshest Territories, Noa Bordeaux has worked hard and secured a position at one of the few operating universities left in North America in hopes that she'll be able to one day help rebuild her home. Her plans are completely derailed, however, when she learns that her worst fears have come true. She's mated to a monster. Desperate to avoid a fate she deems to be worse than death, she runs with the help of her childhood best friend and the human Resistance. But fate won't let her escape that easily...