This audiobook is the first in the Shifter City Fated Mates series, a romantasy by Jaymin Eve. It follows a shifter who has been hiding from shifter cities and their alphas after witnessing her mother's death, only to be discovered and claimed by a powerful alpha, despite her efforts to avoid a fated bond to escape a deadly curse. This is a "why choose" romance featuring dominant male characters and adult themes, concluding on a cliffhanger.