(#1 in the Blackthorn Pack series, also 18+ only) Life is hard enough as an omega. You're a runt to begin with, and then to have life pile up even more on top of that and it starts to drown you. And Aurie is drowning. Health issues, a full college load from attending the notorious Demon Academy for the Gifted, trying to support himself, and trying to learn how to function in the world that has rejected him every single time he's been off-campusus. So when he's invited to join his roommate's pack for the winter break he almost doesn't take the chance. But Cricket had looked at him with those big brown eyes and he just couldn't say no. Even if the higher-ranking wolves would RIP him to shreds the moment they saw what his wolf looked like.