Prologue

In the vast wasteland that Earth had become, Emily Harding—a woman out of time who had been released from stasis into a world that was utterly unrecognizable to her—had carved herself a comfortable niche with her Alpha mate, Vaudt.

He was a fearless soldier and leader, who kept himself, his mate, and those who fought with him safe from harm as they made their lives in a small compound in the unforgiving landscape in which they found themselves, surrounded by the remnants and reminders of what had once been a great civilization—the one about which Emily had first-hand knowledge.

His second, Kosh, had been lucky enough to find a rare omega of his own—Tura—and although their relationship had gotten off to a rocky start, they, too, had come to care deeply about each other in the way that only a bonded Alpha/omega pair could.

But theirs was far from the only stronghold in an otherwise cruel and grim environment.