Vanessa Preston has spent her life hunting down and exterminating anything supernatural. After her family was murdered by vampires when she was 12, she swore revenge. Taken in by her uncle, she was taught everything she ever needed to know about the society hidden under humanity's nose. But on the tenth year of her family's death, the unthinkable happens. Supernatural creatures reveal themselves to the world at large, breaking a centuries long tradition of silence.  Hunting them becomes illegal. Vanessa is furious and resigned, knowing that it's only a matter of time before the vampires or werewolves show their true selves, the monsters they really are. When she is kidnapped by a group of werewolves, determined to get revenge for their fallen kin, she is claimed by their alpha, who says she's his true mate. Vanessa is sure this is some kind of ploy - mates aren't real, after all. But the more she learns about Theodore, the alpha who placed her under his protection, the more she realizes that everything she ever learned about them was a lie. Not everyone has accepted the existence of supernatural beings as a good thing, however. And there might be more to her parents murder than Vanessa ever realized. * * * Crossposted on Wattpad under the same username.