18 year old Caitlin, abandoned by her family, enters a new school and feels an instant attraction to Jonah.

But before their romance can blossom, Caitlin finds herself changing. She is overcome by a superhuman strength, a keen sense of smell, a tremendous power, and by feelings she does not understand. Her eyes are opened to a hidden world, and she, as an outcast, finds herself caught between a werewolf pack and a vampire world.

And caught between two loves.

Caleb, a mysterious and powerful vampire, rescues her from dark forces. He needs her help. And she needs him.

But their love is forbidden. To fall in love would be to risk it all, to risk a war between races that could destroy them all.

But it is a love that transcends time and place, a love too powerful to resist. A love that will force them to decide whether to risk it all for each other… 


Marked 

I glanced at  my watch: 8:40. I was 25 minutes late to class.


I took a deep breath and turned the metal knob.


I entered, and the entire class stopped and looked up at me. Including the teacher.


“Ms….” the teacher, forgetting my name, walked to her desk and picked up a piece of paper, scanning it, “….Paine. The new girl. You are 25 minutes late.”


A stern, older woman, the teacher glared down at me.


“What do you have to say for yourself?”


“That’s not good enough. It may be acceptable to be late to class wherever you are from, but it’s certainly not acceptable here.”


“Unacceptable,” I said, and immediately regretted it.


“Excuse me?” the teacher asked, slowly.


“You said ‘not acceptable.’ You meant ‘unacceptable.’”


“OH—SHIT!” exclaimed a noisy boy from the back of the room, and the entire class erupted into laughter.


The teacher’s face turned bright red.


Chapter 10