The idea of lycanthropes is impossible. Can the lore actually be true? College student Joey Sumner never could have imagined she would find the answer in a simple hike through the forest. But as she soon discovers, the world is not always what it seems. When she comes face to face with a rogue werewolf and survives its brutal bite, Joey is thrown into a savage existence where power struggles are fought to the death and males reign supreme. As she struggles to come to terms with her new reality, she becomes a pawn in a conflict between the rogue who bit her and the alpha of the local pack, who wants to execute him for a murder he may or may not have committed. Newly shifted and one of the few females around, it's a hard battle for everything, especially when it's against yourself. Strong physical violence and gore, Themes of body horror and loss of autonomy, Depictions of a misogynistic culture, Dubious Consent, Non-con, Themes of Sexual Violence and No HEA (happily ever after).