In a dark and deep land lives young Marjorie, a woman desperate for something more than her conventional life in her tiny village, Core. She aches for something dangerous, something like the dark forest, Mirkwood, which borders her home. Yet, there is a curse which haunts her people: a Wolf. For the last eighteen years, he takes one innocent life. Fate seems to change at the hands of Vivian, a Wardeness who promises Core a safe passage through Mirkwood. For a moment, Marjorie has everything she has ever wanted: An escape from a fate set in stone... until the Wolf set its dark intentions on her. Now, she is forced to decide: Will she defeat the Wolf or will she willingly be devoured? __________________ The stranger turned to face her. This close, it was easy to see his handsome features. From his high cheekbones to his piercing gray eyes, he was unlike any sully-faced villager. Instead, he wore his beauty with a casual grace, as if he were clueless to the plumpness of his lips or the flat, smooth surface of his chest. "Am I a what?" The man cocked a thick, dark brow up. He pushed his right hand into the pocket of his trousers, but not before Marjorie caught a glimpse of the heavy jewels on his fingers. He drowned in an opulence few villagers could afford. "I take that as a no," she said. "What is your name, stranger?" He looked to her, and then his gaze traveled to where men and women continued to fling themselves around the heat of the bonfire. You don't belong here, she thought.

||HR: #1 in EXCITING!!!!!!|| "I can't do it... what have you done to me, Seven?" - The Zodiacs [in order of age]: Tau of Taurus Akil of Aquarius Suma of Scorpio Chione of Capricorn Seth of Sagittarius Aharon of Aries Aaron of Gemini Lotus of Libra Layla of Leo Odion of Pisces Keket of Cancer Asarte of Virgo - Zahra will do anything for her brother. Master Omari will do anything for the Pharaoh. But their building feelings for each other clash when the two most important people to them begin to fuel hatred toward one another. The Pharaoh wants the Twelve Zodiacs hunted and murdered --one of whom is none other than Zahra's brother and eleven other innocent souls. Zahra's morals make her stand with the Twelve, while Master Omari's lifeline is the Pharaoh who wants them dead. And what happens when the Pharaoh demands Zahra's head for betraying the throne? Will Master Omari be able to kill the girl, or will she be the first one he lets get away?