"Fate is tricky and her time is limited. She can love without reason, and forgive without thought - that is her curse and her gift. Be that as it may, the wolf will remain by Red Riding Hood's side for all eternity, for she is a lady, and he, a monster." - Aleksandra Volkov. Van Volkov was born with a curse, a demon that lives inside of his mind, and a promise to protect. Having lived his entire life for the sake of others, he has created a steel wall that surrounds himself - impenetrable, just like his heart. Revered as a God by humans and a murderer by his own kind, he lives in secrecy, letting few humans know that he is one of four pure lycan's left in the humans world. That all changes when he rescues a human child after her family are killed by rogue shifters. Vowing never to acknowledge her existence or his rare act of kindness, he struggles with the fact that she could be the key to breaking down his steel walls and unlocking his buried humanity. But how do you find your humanity when you're not really human at all? Aira Blight was six years old when she witnessed her entire family's death. Taken in by a doctor and his kind wife, Aira slowly but surely recovers from the trauma. As she grows, Aira is supported financially and academically by a supposed stranger, but she knows her saviour is watching over her, and her one wish is to help her cold and angry hero feel compassion and love - the same sort of compassion and love he has shown Aira her entire life - although he may not know it. ----- Published December 15th, 2016. Available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback. 60% of the Sample Manuscript Available

He growled when I tried to run the brush through his black hair that looked as wild as he was. "shut up, you look awful." I scolded, trying to get him to be human for ten seconds. He tugged at the ropes that held his tattooed wrists to the arms of the chair, but they didn't budge. I was good at knots. I pushed him back in the chair with my hand on his bare chest and tried to get the brush in his hair again. This time he grabbed it from my hand with his teeth and snarled as he broke it in half. I scowled and stepped away from him and the shattered wood pieces of what was once my brush. "well that was perfectly normal." I said sarcastically at him with my hands on my hips as I blew a strand of loose red hair out of my face. "I'm not normal, I keep trying to tell you I'm an animal!" He yelled as he struggled against the ropes again, making the chair wobble. "then I'll tame you." He stopped struggling when I said that and looked at me with raised eyebrows. But for once he didn't try to stop me.

I am his salvation. I'm just like any other human being who doesn't want attention. Though that's already impossible with my weird eyes which others find fascinating and I deem annoying. My life is perfectly normal. Well, that's before I'm abducted by a group of salivating monsters with red eyes and rather long canines. They are led by a man who looks as beautiful as an angel, but as hot and sexy as a devil. If he isn't frowning, which he always is. He needs me for the sake of his kind and most especially, for the safety of humanity. He claims he will protect me until I fulfill my part. I doubt him, though, since he's given me nothing but greedy stares...