Lana Danley lives her peaceful life in the small town of Rosecliff where she is a senior in high school. The mundane routine of her daily life is weighing on her as she can only dream of the day she graduates and moves to the big city. 
One night, during her shift as a part time forest ranger she finds an unusually large and injured wolf. She decides to help it by bringing it home to treat it’s wounds. Later that night when she goes to check on the wolf, she finds instead her classmate, River Attwood, naked and glaring daggers at her. Soon, she is pulled into the mysteries of Rosecliff and its entanglement with the creatures of the night who rule over the forest, werewolves.

The Moon and Her Secret

　　The day went by slowly and completely uneventful. The two avoided talking to each other, in Lana’s case she did not want to purposely agitate River in any way since he was already acting strange. But for River, he just couldn’t bear the shame and guilt of what he did last night while thinking about Lana. He thought that the longer he avoided her, the better it would be for his own sanity. An hour into their duties Mrs. Hathaway came to check up on Lana, only to be understandably confused when she saw River at the booth.


　　Her attempts to make River go home to properly recover and rest failed miserably as River stubbornly told her that he would rather be here helping out than staying at home being bored. After his declaration, Mrs. Hathaway could not find any other reason to ask him to go home. As per usual, she brought the two snacks as a token of appreciation. This time, it was two big slices of cherry pie.


Chapter 44