KrystalMoonshine
Some things are meant to fall through the cracks. Krystal Swan was one of them.
Left on the freezing concrete steps of the Forks Police Station on a dark November night in 1987, she was supposed to be a temporary case. But a series of clerical errors, lost paperwork, and a glitch in the system kept the newborn in Chief Charlie Swan's care. What started as a foster placement forged a permanent bond. Now seventeen, the petite, fiercely loyal Filipina girl is the steady heartbeat of the Swan household, anchoring Charlie through the years while maintaining a deep bond with her sister, Bella.
But there is absolutely nothing steady about her history with Paul Lahote.
They are a decade-long casualty of bruised shins, bitten arms, and yanked hair. To the rest of La Push, they are childhood frenemies locked in a perpetual state of warfare. To Paul, her fiery temper-the only thing that has ever matched his own-is the center of his gravity. He calls her "Hulk" just to watch the spark of fury in her warm brown eyes, and she fights back to remind him she will never back down. It's a vicious, prideful game they play to avoid the unspoken truth: he is obsessed with her, and completely terrified of it.
Now, it is January 2005. Bella is moving back to Washington, the supernatural static in the air is growing heavier, and the volatile teenage boy Krystal has fought with her entire life is about to phase into something monstrous.
Paul's pride has always kept his feelings locked away. But the wolf won't be so patient.