Michael Anderson is, well, a werewolf. There's no other way around it. He's next in line to be Alpha, has three brothers, and his dad just forced them to move to a part of the pack that was struggling with assassins and just violent people. There have been severe cases of bullying, beating, and even gunshots in the hospitals. It was their job to stop it. Sage Nelms. Sounds cute, right? well she's been having a tough time. With her mother dead, her violent father, and brother whose whereabouts are unknown, she has a complicated life. Bieng bullied at school and at home is not her biggest problem though: she's mute. When she sat by her mother's side as she passed, watched her brother walk out the door forever and her dad she thought: There's no one to care what I have to say, right? Wrong. What will happen when she finds out a certain new boy is interested, and said boy is a werewolf? Things are bound to go wrong.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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