Cataluna "Cat" Walters used to be a girl with no thirst for life. Then she met Jesse Centro, made a friend, fell in love. But then, he had a girlfriend. So, Cat decided that because she would never have him, why not have a piece of him? On her 18th birthday, she and Jesse go out, get drunk, and end up together in his apartment. She leaves the next morning, praying that she is pregnant. She is.
A few months later, she gives birth to Tyler Adam Walters, a child doomed with a severe form of bipolar disease. It is not what everyone thinks it to be though. It is an ancient family curse that skipped many generations, but got Tyler. Only Cat knows what it really is and is determined to keep Tyler from turning into the monster that is lurking somewhere inside him.
Tyler wants his father and after a particularly bad tantrum, and she decides to "introduce" them. The introduction goes wrong however, with Tyler killing his mother with the venom in his blood after a nearly successful attempt at shifting. Jesse is heartbroken, but decides to take in Tyler and love him. Tyler was injected with a drug that will hold down the beast for an unknown amount of time. It was a drug that was very rare to find.
He leads and ordinary life from that point on with his father and best friend and no memory of his mother. What happens when the disease in him begins to awaken? What happens, when he realizes just how much damage he can cause...has caused? What happens when it begins to take over and secrets and strength he never could have imagined just suddenly begin to flow through him? What happens when he falls in love? You'll just have to read and find out.
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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