Deep in the woods, beyond the gate, roams a pack of vicious monsters that will devour your heart and have your soul for dessert. At least, that's what sixteen year old Adeline Grey has been led to believe... Twenty-five years prior to Adeline's birth, a virus swept across the country, killing many and transforming others into wolfish beasts. Only a scarce number of towns were left untouched, but their nightmare had only just begun. While these communities survived the virus, they were suddenly left to defend themselves against night attacks by wolves, and raids by rogue citizens, trying to get by away from civilization. Adeline is lucky to live in a town that is well protected and large enough to thrive on it's own. Her Father is Mayor, and her mother does her best to shield her from the horrors outside the gate, but one night the unthinkable happens...Adeline's Mother is taken from the town and thought to be dead soon after. Adeline's Father eventually remarries, but it's to a horrible woman who bares him a son that she hardly wants anything to do with. Adeline is left caring for her young half brother, but tragedy strikes once more when he disappears beyond the gate while Adeline was supposed to be looking after him. A defining moment arrives in her life; she must choose to either go home to face her family, or venture out into the woods alone to save her brothers life.

"I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy..." I'm Emberlyn Grace Blackwood. I'm a normal, sixteen-year-old with a bright, happy future. It's not my fault that horrible things happen to everyone who gets close to me. I told myself that same thing over and over, every day since the first day my mom and her stupid husband, Vincent, had tossed me into this hell hole. Ravenridge Academy, home for reckless and disturbed adolescence. It's a school and a psych ward all wrapped in one, tied together with a pretty red bow made out of sedatives and borderline hostile treatment. Safe to say all hope was lost. I saw no light at the end of the tunnel. No way out from a life of pain, suffering, pills, and crazy people. That is until he showed up at Ravenridge, kicking, screaming and leaving all of the Ravenridge girls breathless... Wesley Chase. Certified bad boy. but there was more to him than great muscle tone and a breathtaking smile. I could see the secrets hidden in his light blue eyes. Secrets I knew I needed to find out.