Twelve years ago Adalynn Asher's pack was attacked by another. Many call the man leading the attack the most powerful Alpha to exist. To get her revenge, she has trained under a man who calls himself The Master. To hide her identity she has taken the name Selina Carver to become the most well known assassin in the U.S. A faceless nightmare. By written law, all werewolves with a rank in their family are required to attend Werewolf Academy. When her letter comes she must win her way into the heart of a certain male wolf to reach the goal she had set all those years ago.

When a murder shakes her tiny village, Alera will discover a horrifying link between the scars on her arms and the werewolves and vampires that stalk her home. ***** Nineteen-year-old Alera has grown up in the village of Adaymos, listening to stories about the monsters that live in the forest that surround her home. Labelled an outcast because of the scars on her arm, she's an easy scapegoat after one of the villagers is found murdered, but when newcomer Will is framed instead she's forced to question everything she knows about the mysterious outsider. Could he really be the killer? Or is he hiding more about the werewolves and vampires that live in the forest -- and the truth behind Alera's scars -- than he lets on? [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]