The pandemic was just the beginning. After an unknown virus sweeps across the globe, Aurora and two other survivors seek out safety in a bomb shelter with enough supplies to last a few years. Just as she starts to adapt to her new way of life, she is suddenly abducted by those responsible for introducing the disease, and is taken farther from home than she's ever been before. She doesn't know what they want from her, but she soon discovers the truth: about her captors, the universe, and who she really is--a reality that leaves her breathless. B O O K / 1 Previously Titled The Scarlet Effect

"The last pack that had a human Luna had been destroyed quicker than any pack I have ever seen," "Having a human as a mate is worse than having an Omega as a mate." "Even if she were changed, she would be the weakest, weaker than any Omega." The man picked up a piece of pie. "It would be better to not even have a mate than it would be to have a weak human as a mate." "She isn't even pure! She is a whore! More men have seen her body than we have in this pack! And she has a pathetic kid with some human man! Any children you have will destroy this pack!" What would you do for your child? Would you work in the city at night? Please others? Live with and love a beast who had laid claim on you? Have your heart broken? Anna did. Would you?