Avery Fallyn's on the run. After discovering terrible secrets about their pasts, she, Xander and Dean have no choice but to disappear from the face of the earth if they're to escape a sinister enemy that will stop at nothing to have them in his clutches once more.Luckily, they've got a friend who's willing to risk his life to keep them safe. But they're about to discover that,when you've got crazy scientists and evil shifters hunting you, staying alive isn't as easy as it sounds. The hunt is on, and the strays are fighting hard to not become the prey.

Avery Fallyn might be hearing things. At least that's what fellow werecat Xander Hawkes thinks when she tells him about the strange howls and snarls that she hears from the woods at the back of her house. He's sure it's just a side-effect of the medication she's taking, but Avery thinks otherwise. Desperate to prove that she's not crazy, Avery decides to investigate behind Xander's back, only to find out that Crescent Falls is more dangerous than the two of them ever imagined.

Avery Fallyn was your normal seventeen-year-old American girl, living a normal life in Crescent Falls, the town she'd lived in her whole life. All of that changed when Xander Hawkes - the insanely gorgeous, should-be-a-model new guy - moves into town. That's when the weird things start happening. Not only does Avery have to worry about waking up in the middle of the woods behind her house almost every night, but she also has to worry about the panther that's stalking her. The worst part of it all is that Avery is convinced that Xander is the Panther. Avery's life just got way complicated. But hey, high school's never easy, is it?

"What the hell?" I took a step closer to the mirror, staring at my reflection in disbelief. The person looking back was still me, but at the same time it wasn't. I had the same thick, dark, curly hair. The same hazel eyes. The same olive skin with a light dusting of freckles (ugh) scattered across the bridge of my nose. But my curls were now streaked with highlights. And not the subtle, golden-brown ones that sometimes appeared during the summer. No, these were an aggressive, dazzling blond that went from the roots of my hair all the way to the tips. It looked like I had spent a full day getting my hair done in some upscale salon. Never mind that I had never set foot in such a place since the day I was born. My eyes appeared somehow wider and more luminous. The colour brighter, my eyelashes darker up against them. And, when I looked closely, my pupils seemed to be slitted almost like a cat. I looked down at my body. My skinny arms-which had always refused to gain any definition no matter how hard I exercised-were lined with flat, wiry muscles. My bony shoulders were now curved and smooth. My scrawny legs were toned like a dancer. I reached down and lifted my shirt, revealing two subtle lines running vertically down my perfectly flat stomach, hinting at the rock-hard abs underneath. My whole body was rippling with strength. Like liquid steel.

Book 2 of the Imperial series. Please read the new version of the first book first. With Kronx crowned as the new Dragon King, Argentum should have been able to relax at long last. Life was bound to be better. Under the human queen's command, dragons were rapidly being released across the continent. But Argentum could not shake off the feeling that something's not quite right. There was something that Lord Raffael and the human queen weren't telling her, and she can't help but notice how her former master has seemingly disappeared. Cover art done by @_Gryphos_ -- Thank you! :)