"I need you to keep quiet about this meeting. And, even if you don't like it, I want you to stay away from me from now on." * Since Vine lost his fated partner, he spends his days buried in guilt and endless work to dull unwanted emotions. When fate miraculously offers him a second chance, he is more than determined not to make the same mistake again with Jamie - even if that means he'll never hold her. Jamie is purely human, but when she meets Vine at 16, she is immediately and hopelessly attracted to the scarred stranger. Clueless about the reason behind their strange chemistry, she spends the next seven years waiting to learn about fate. A chance encounter, seven years after their first meeting, offers them both a chance to feel alive once more - if they survive Vine's past, which is coming for them with bared fangs.