Saving Grace

Prologue

   Crying was heard in the other room as the couple attended their newborn baby's needs. After a diaper change and a warm bottle, the baby girl named Grace, slowly fell back to sleep in her father's arms as he rocked her back and forth. Even though the baby looked normal, she was far from it.

   Before baby Grace was born, her parents lived a happy life. Jennifer and Steve Sawyer were both betas of a very powerful pack in northern Idaho called the Red Wolf pack. The reason they were so powerful is because the pack often had witches on their side in times of battle. One of the witches, however, turned against the wolves. Her name was Melinda, and she had a nasty hatred towards the Sawyer family.

   Melinda's hatred started back when Steve's father had been alive. His father killed Melinda's only sister, and she was now out to get revenge on them. She waited for two years while she plotted a way to get her revenge. Word got out about a baby being born, and that's when she took her opportunity to put the Sawyer family in ruins. One night while the family was sleeping, Melinda broke into baby Grace's room and cast a spell on her. By the time the parents were able to get to the screaming child, it was too late. The spell had already been put upon her to slowly kill her inner wolf, and without her wolf, baby Grace was sure to die.

   Jennifer and Steve decided to take drastic measures in order to find help for their child, as well as keep her safe. They packed up in the middle of the night and took off into the unknown. The couple traveled with their baby for many days until they finally reached a place to settle down in central Arizona. There were no known packs in the surrounding areas, and the school systems consisted of very few other werewolves.

   The Sawyer's settled into a house on the edge of town where there was less traffic and people. The house was one where Jennifer could safely watch Grace, while her father was out finding answers and help for their child. The house consisted of nine acres, and trees as far as the eye could see.

   Grace grew up happy and unknowing of what her future could possibly hold. It wasn't until she turned twelve that things started turning bad. Grace became sick and weak. Her body was craving to shift into her wolf that was never able to fully grow. Because of the spell cast on her, Grace's wolf could not develop properly, causing it to be stuck in everlasting darkness until someone came along to save her.

   The only one capable of that was her mate.