Fate Will Always Win

When he was ten, Nathaniel Thibault's family was killed in a fiery car crash when the family was moving to a new pack in Oakland, CA. As no one knew he survived, no one came to claim him, and he was sent to live in a foster home in Fallbrook, CA. Two years later, Tracie Lowe entered his foster home after she was taken into state custody after her mother died of a drug overdose. No one knew who her father was.
Nathaniel knows she is his fated mate, but he doesn't tell her. He thinks that at twelve, Tracie is too young to understand mates. As she enters her teen years and begins dating, he sabotages every relationship. When they reach seventeen, they pledge that if they aren't married in ten years, they will marry each other. The following year, Tracie moves to Hollywood to pursue her dreams of being an actress. After eight years of failing to get an acting gig and failed dates, she moves back to Fallbrook, CA.
When Tracie finds out that Nathanial has been sabotaging her dates, she is furious. In a last-ditch effort to keep her, he confesses that they are true mates. The ten-year pledge is nearing. Nathanial has a lot of work to do to make up for his lies and sabotages to win Tracie's heart.