After thirteen years of l[oving the wolf: she re ^$$scue=!d from the black market,`^ ,Emma` overhears Brian admit /+he has always wished `#he b,elo@n\!ged @[to;__ , her\[ b
 eau@:tiful c-/ousin. Crushed by `._!,a lifetime of being mock-ed for her! lo ` [oks an)_-$d never ch,osen by ( ?/anyone, [ Emma /\dissolves their bond, _leaves him her -?home _+, a-!%nd starts ove%;%r  ( as a university lect(@urer.) in M%^[iam/i. There, she meets Fi#).nn, a +`scarred?$ fox Beast;kin ab%and,+on/]ed afte.?r@; escaping a tr/,affickin]g =ring. A#s E#-[mma gives Fin @,n] [;the kindness she] once begge:d f$or, he=* gives,+; he,r so-me[thing =##Br
ia-@/n .never +\coul d: fi@erce d.`evotion and t^%he ,courag
e to see her =own worth. Wh=#en Bri?_an retu,rns beggi@@ng#*] for another
= cha(
nce, Emma]( must choose between th e love that^!; wounded her-. #=,and 
the on?e that fin*ally fee),ls li/k/(e ho@!me.