Beneath Her Skin

Everything was normal until Eloise Lycanth started dreaming of dirt under her nails.

When a restless pull draws her back to the woods behind her small town, she discovers a strange stone pendant buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. From the moment she touches it, the pressure inside her vanishes. The panic. The nightmares. The constant sense of being watched.

But relief comes at a cost.

The pendant awakens something primal inside her - heightened senses, a simmering heat beneath her skin, and a hunger she doesn't fully understand.
Blood smells different. Touch lingers too long. Heartbeats sound like invitations.

As Eloise fights the escalating instincts clawing at her control, she finds herself drawn to someone who makes the pendant pulse hotter - someone whose presence both steadies her and threatens to unravel her completely.

The pendant was never meant to be found.

It was meant to recruit.

And resisting it doesn't make it disappear; it makes it stronger.

Now Eloise must decide whether to keep fighting the ancient call... or surrender to the pack that has already chosen her.