A Lunar Priestess discovers more than she bargained for when she is selected to be the combat medic for a patrol during The Great Crossing of her pack. Priestess Clara returns to her pack from the Lunar Temple just in time for The Great Crossing, a perilous five-year migration meant to let their territory heal. But not everyone welcomes the Temple's influence, and Clara's prophetic visions have left her isolated and haunted. When a brutal ambush forces her to heal a wounded wolf who turns out to be her Fated Mate, Clara is pulled into a dangerous web of mistrust, spiritual unrest, and something darker: her nightmares of honeycomb symbols begin to swarm into waking life, warning of a threat no one understands-and one that may be hunting her.

Her love is a weapon. It's killed before. And this time, she's sworn it won't happen again. Everyone at Blackthorn University thinks Kara is just another human girl juggling midterms, frat parties, and overpriced lattes. No one suspects the truth: that she's a Phoenix shifter, hiding in plain sight in a world ruled by werewolves and lycans. Even her closest friends don't know the fire simmering beneath her skin. But Kara isn't just hiding from them, she's hiding from fate. From the one thing she dreads more than anything else: her mate. She's done letting her love be a death sentence. She won't survive another loss. The scars she bears run deeper than flesh. So when Ryker, the dangerously magnetic lycan General, realizes Kara is his fated mate, she does exactly what she swore she would. She pushes him away. Again. And again. And again. But lycans don't walk away from their mates. And Ryker? He's dominant, possessive, and utterly relentless. He's a storm she can't outrun, a flame that won't go out. And every heated glance, every stolen moment, threatens to shatter the walls she's spent years building. As secrets ignite and her past begins to unravel, Kara must face the truth: Can she let herself love again, knowing it could destroy them both? Or will her lies-and the deadly curse entwined with her love-be the very thing that dooms them forever?

Three best friends. Two shocking secrets. One small town. How do you decide what matters more- providing peace for someone you love or betraying another? What does a snake, a secret, and a serial killer all have in common? Sometimes, they lie dormant.