It's been five months since former teen assassin Ariana Petrakis discovered her name on a supernatural hit list, leading to a whole new world of chaos. Now she's on a new mission, determined to track down the creature responsible for this mess. But this is Beacon Hills and there is always more than meets the eye, especially when there are teenagers dropping like flies around town while several new faces cause tensions to grow amongst the pack. The darkness is looming over Beacon Hills, but the Daughters of the Nemeton are rising.

vanessa mccall used to live in beacon hills during her teen years, close to her cousin scott. her only close friend was derek hale, and she enjoyed that friendship until one day everything changed. the girl's life was turned upside down when an alpha bit her and forced unfortunate events to crawl into her life. then she left. however, now she's back for some reason that she won't tell neither derek or scott, other than hearing a rumor that someone had turned scott into a werewolf. and family means everything to her.