The Unseen Anchor

In the world of Twilight, where ancient legends lurk beneath the surface of everyday life, a new story unfolds. Sage just wanted to disappear. A quiet new kid in eighth grade, her only memorable encounter with Rhys was a humiliating soda spill, marking him as the loud, obnoxious bully she'd rather forget. When he abruptly vanished from school freshman year, she barely registered his absence, only a dismissive "good riddance" for the kid who always seemed to embody everything she wasn't.

But fate has a cruel sense of humor. Now, years later, a chance encounter at a local diner shatters Sage's carefully constructed peace. The intense, unnerving stare from the broader, more grounded Rhys isn't the annoying glare she remembers. It's something far more profound, an ancient connection she can't comprehend, let alone accept-the undeniable pull of a werewolf's imprint.

For Rhys, the imprint is a cataclysm, a world-shifting revelation that turns his entire existence upside down. The girl he once unknowingly tormented is now his reason for being, his anchor in a world he's only just begun to understand as a wolf. Torn between his primal instincts and Sage's undeniable aversion, Rhys must navigate the impossible task of protecting the human girl who despises him, all while fighting to prove that the "asshole" she remembers is gone, replaced by a devotion deeper than she could ever imagine.