Chapter One

"Beep" "Beep" " Ugh, is it time to get up already," I mumble to myself. I reach over and turn off my alarm. After, getting myself ready for the day I go wake my little angel up. She just looks so precious sleeping I hated waking her. I'm a single mother trying to make it in this very unconventional world. Everything I do now is for my daughter to give her the best life I could in this world. After, feeding her she smiles up at me, and my face automatically lights up at her beautiful smile. I eventually, get her things together to drop her off at the sitter's house and drag my ass to the office for another emotionally day.

I work for some of the most outstanding pricks you could ever meet in this world.

I worked with a combination of wolves and a special type of humans whom the wolves referred to as hunters. The wolves used these hunters to assist them in finding their human mates. It was human trafficking no matter what the two worlds wanted to call it, that's exactly what it was. The human government was deeply invested in this program. They were lining their pockets with cash while these people were being snatched up and relocated to facility where they would be educated and slapped in a catalog.

Almost all human's aura was read. No, amount of money or power could protect you unless you helped do their bidding. It was the protection their was.

Not, many people really wanted to work for them, because of what they asked of you. As, long as I did my job, I was granted immunity, and allowed to live my life freely, and raise my daughter. I understood I was just buying my time with the devil, but it was better then nothing.

Before I could even walk into the office, I could already hear the screams of frightened woman and children their sobs crushed my heart. Pretending not to hear the heart shattering cries and outburst of feisty women and children I walk straight for my office.

Only females were taken, because shifters were only males. The bigger the shifter the higher ranking they were. Right now, we were flooded with new "clients" is what they liked to refer to them as, because the Royals were getting impatient on finding their forever fated. There were only 100 or so Royals and they were huge, impulsive, arrogant, and the most possessive and jealous of them all.

No, sooner as I sat down, a young girl was brought in and shoved into a chair. "Your first client. Ms. Clark, make this snappy you need to get through at least 15 before you take your lunch break." the guard snapped.

"I'll do my best." I say as I roll my eyes. "Are you giving you attitude?" he looked back. "No, I was just s-." "Better not, or I'll have your job and a hunter in here on your ass so fast you will never know what hit you." Shutting my mouth, I pull the girl's file immediately. The last thing I needed was to be fired and the hunters on my ass. I couldn't risk my little girl being taken away from me, because some shifter couldn't fathom the idea, I had a life before him, and seeing my daughter would be a daily reminder for him that he was not my first.

"Do you want something to eat or drink before we get started?", I asked the pissed off looking teen In front of me.

"No, I want to know what the hell is going on!" she demanded.

"Well, Ms. Justin you have been selected for a wolf, judging by the markings on you file here your forever fated looks to be a warrior." I said promptly. "You will b-"

"Hold the fuck up. a what? And a who?" She began to freak out.

"Did they not go over this with you in your counseling session? I sigh.

"Yeah, they did, but I thought they were just fucking with me. You guys are serious about this situation, aren't you?"

"Yes, you are now part of a semi- secret society, but my job isn't to explain all that. It's just to get you to the correct housing base, and your file is correct so your fated will find you." I say coldly trying to detach from the situation in front of me.

"You're a bitch and no better than the people who took me." She snapped at me with tears filling her eyes.

Her words stung. I knew I was no better, but all I wanted was to protect my daughter. It had been my number one goal since I heard her precious heart beat, and this was the only way I knew how.

"Yes, well now you will be taken to your selected housing base where you will be educated and well cared for until mating season. Once it begins wolves from all over the world will come to that specific housing base in which you will be placed. Your mate will eventually find you and you will be sold to them. Its house this business works. Have a nice day." I say and yell for the Guard to come and bring me another "client".

"No, need to yell you stupid human." he says as he jerks the poor girl up from the chair.

"Don't be so rough, with her, or I'll report you for mistreating the fated." I yell at him.

He lets go of her and makes a move stalking in my direction. "What did you say HUMAN?" he says grinning. "I will report you." I say sternly. "Hmm" is all I heard before I felt a hard smack across the face.