Raised by wolves. Branded by a sigil he never chose. Suspected of ten murders the moment he arrives. Lupin Hollow has never belonged anywhere.Not with the pack that raised him, not in the wilds of Europe, and certainly not in Jericho, where whispers call him the Hollow Wolf. When Nevermore Academy takes him in, he's chained by suspicion, hunted by secrets, and forced into a role he doesn't want: training Enid Sinclair, the bright Alpha who saved the school twice already. But the shadows at Nevermore run deeper than anyone knows. A forgotten society called the Swords of Stone has returned, leaving bodies-outcasts and normies alike-branded with the same crest Lupin wears around his neck. The same crest tied to his bloodline. As Wednesday Addams sharpens her gaze on him, Enid Sinclair tests his walls with her warmth, and an unlikely circle of friends forms around him, Lupin is faced with the question he's run from all his life: Is he the hunter... or the hunted? Lupin Hollow was never meant to survive. Left for dead as an infant, raised between shadows and wolves, he's lived his life as an outsider-half human, half beast, carrying a prophecy carved into his blood. At Nevermore Academy, the walls whisper secrets, and monsters don't always hide in the woods. Love finds him in the most impossible place-bright, stubborn Enid Sinclair, who refuses to let him believe he's unworthy of it. But as Lupin learns the truth about his cursed bloodline, he's thrust into a war that pits friend against friend, and family against fate. When a betrayed ally awakens an ancient Beast bound by blood and shadow, Lupin must choose: surrender his body as the prophecy demands-or fight to the last breath for the people who finally gave him a home. Love. Betrayal. Monsters. A boy torn between the chains of prophecy and the wild freedom of choice. The wolves know his name. The Beast wants his body. But Lupin? He's ready to write his own story.