The Iron Guard of Hawthorne

For twenty-four years, Elena Reyes has lived with unanswered questions, the biggest being the identity of the father she never knew.

When a brutal attack leaves her dying, she is turned into a werewolf by Leander Hawthorne, a legendary warrior haunted by the assassination of his family decades earlier. With only three months before her first shift, Elena is taken to the Iron Guard of Hawthorne to train-where she quickly discovers she is completely unprepared for the wolf growing inside her.

As Elena struggles to survive a world of ancient rivalries and pack politics, whispers of monarchy begin to resurface among the twelve packs. The same debate that once led to the murder of Leander's father, Osric Hawthorne, is threatening to divide werewolf society once again.

But when Elena uncovers secrets about her own past, she realizes her connection to the conflict runs deeper than anyone imagined.

Caught between loyalty and ambition, blood and belonging, Elena must decide who she wants to be before history repeats itself-and more wolves die for a crown that does not yet exist.

Some legacies are inherited. Others are hunted.