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Layla Tans is a 17 year-old junior I high school. She lives in a small town in the state of Alabama. She is also from a very powerful family of werewolves, but her parents went into hiding due to threats on the family. Now in present day, Layla is a starter on the boys basketball team. She thought she had everything she ever wanted. But when she starts to feel empty all she wants to do is Find Her Place. Xander Laen Tawkins is the next in line for Alpha. He is 18 years old. He is fierce, and extremely sexy. A lady's man if you will and ALWAYS, gets what he wants.

Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again. Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his. Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all. Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014

"Chere, calm down!" .he suddenly puts on a brave face. "HOW COULD YOU LIE TO ME! YOUR A WEREWOLF?! YOU LIED! YOUR A DOG, A FREAKING DOG! I CANT BELIEVE IT! A DOG, I'M IN LOVE WITH A DOG! NO SCRATCH THAT, WAS, WAS IN LOVE WITH A DOG!" Chere is a badass indian acting girl who has some secret powers, what are those powers... And- How'd she get them? IN THE FLAMES OF THE DRAGON