I've really enjoy Eden's vampire/werewolf romances. All three have been great and pack such a punch in under 200 pages.
Drake Wyler and Paige Sloan's story is a heartbreaking one because they were taken from the other and suffered so much in the ten years that has past.
Once Drake, 21, knew that then 19 year old Page was the one for him, he shared his secret of being a werewolf with her. He's plans of making her his mate was taken from him and for ten years he always believed she just couldn't handle him being a werewolf.
When Paige suddenly shows up, as a vampire, and still wearing his necklace marking her safe from all others, she's taken to him. He pulls her into his arms and it's clear he doesn't have the same reaction to her that he does to all the other vampires. But there is still anger in him and he forces her to reveal why she's come.
She tells him she needs his protection from her maker, Gabe, who is after her. Drake is all to happy to promise her that Gabe will never harm her again. However, every deal comes with a price and his price is her in his bed.
Paige doesn't tell him, but in the ten years she's never stopped loving him. Never been with anyone else and wants nothing more to be with him. But that dream ended with her life.
They settle their deal just as Gabe launches his first attack. What Paige didn't tell Drake was that she's here to protect him. Her turning by Gabe was to distract Drake. Knowing he would be targeted, Paige came to give him insider tips to save his life.
They both survive the first attack, but Paige loses a lot of blood from her shoulder injuring from protecting him. Willing to let her bite him, he learns Paige has never bit anyone. Through pleasuring tactics, he not only gets her to bite him, but becomes one with her.
Waking alone, she finds him and his men torturing one of Gabe’s henchmen, Malcolm. Having a painful past with Malcolm comes out when he reveals what truly happen the night she never met up with Drake. The night she lost her life.
It was a betrayal by Drake’s Alpha, Jeremiah. He knew Drake was next in line and was not going to let him bring in a human as his mate. Drake thought by being the next in line Alpha that Paige would be safe. Jeremiah told Drake that Paige would meet in at the lake later than they planned. He set up the vampire attack on Paige. It was Gabe that kept him from killing her. After Jeremiah was done torturing her, he changed her knowing he could use her to get to Drake later when he was Alpha.
Paige takes the shocked silence after she and Drake kill him to escape the compound. Drake risked his pack challenging him when he goes after Paige. He finds her at the lake and despite her telling him she wasn’t at the lake, he can see she was. The pain hits knowing the life they could have had was taken from them. He promises now will be different.
When they hear the vampires coming, they take off and he leads them to safety shelter. He calls for backup at the lake. While they wait for the pack to take care of the vampires, Paige gets him to mark her by taking her blood.
When the alarms go off, they see a wolf traitor leading the vampires to their shelter. Needing more time for her blood to flow through him, she knocks him out and faces Gage down. Waking, Drake finds Paige in a strong hold by Gage with a stake to her heart.
Facing gunshots and the threat Paige may die; he focuses on his inner strength and takes control of the battle. He takes revenge for his parents’ death and for Paige when he finally kills Gage.
With wolves surrounding her, Paige owns up to lying to him and walks away. Going back to his pack, he learns no one is challenging him after they learned what all Paige did to protect him.
For the last time, he goes after his mate and for once they won’t be taken from each other.