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After losing her parents, a date with her boyfriend goes terribly wrong when she finds her boyfriend cheating on her with a werewolf. He forces a bite on her, and 18-year old Layla Gibbous is forcefully removed from everything she once held dear and is tossed into a new life at a school for the wolves of the night, Alpine Crescent Academy. 

As she learns more about her new abilities, she feels like she is being watched from the shadows. When she keeps running into a mysterious and devilishly handsome man comes on campus, Layla can't help but get close to him. If he is the one in the shadows - is he here to protect her or hurt her? 

At the academy, she is taught more about the history and the two warring factions of wolves: Nestati and Vosak. Can she stay out of the fight? Or is something more at work here, like fate?

Alpine Crescent Academy

Rees gives a long sigh as I hear Ryker take a few steps closer.  "I said get your fucking hands off my mate." My concentration slips with his declaration and I have to purse my lips to hold in my reaction. I don't want Ryker in the middle of this, but I also can't help but be glad that he is here. It's as though he's returned a piece of me, and a longing that I have been trying to ignore for far too long becomes settled.

But now isn't the time. I keep my eyes closed to focus as I wait for the right moment. I need to stay silent so he doesn't notice the change in me. By merging with my wolf, Rees has a little less of a hold on me. I still feel the effects of the pull to my mate, but it has lessened just enough that I can start to think again.

"You're starting to become a real thorn in my side. I'm wondering why I ever bothered to keep you alive..." Rees mumbles to himself before answering Ryker. "She's not your mate."

"That's for her to decide," Ryker answers.

Battle at the academy pt. 13