Haunted by his harrowing past, Omega Kieran Woods finds solace in the shadows, resigned to a life of solitude as an isolated lumberjack. Scarred by the cruel hands of his ex-Alpha, he rejects the notion of a pack or a mate, knowing all too well the suffocating grip an Alpha's ownership can possess. Alpha Terrence may be on the smaller side for an Alpha but his aura is just as deadly. A member of an unconventional pack, he’s acutely aware of the secret he’s hiding—his need to relinquish control, if only in the confines of the bedroom. As Terrence and his pack descend upon Kieran's desolate sanctuary, can they break the chains that bind him to his torment? Will Kieran succeed in convincing Terrence that he’s Omega he needs? In the depths of their shared plight, will these fractured souls be able to heal each other and find solace in the embrace of the woodlands? Find out in this dark MMMM omegaverse story, the first installment of the Omega’s Preference series - A Slateresque Infinities Original Novella. 18+ MMMM situations; domestic violence, and other triggering scenes.