Beneath Flame and Claws

Jane Grey has spent her entire life learning how to control the fire inside her.

As the older twin of Jean Grey, Jane carries a power unlike anything the world has ever seen-a mysterious Phoenix that burns not red, but violet. She is a professor, a psychiatrist, a sister, a friend, and to those who know her best, the woman who has survived the impossible.

But survival has come at a price.

Two years ago, Jane lost Alex Summers-the man she loved, her fiancé, and the future she thought was waiting for her. She held him as he died, and something inside her died with him.

Now Jane lives between two worlds: the life everyone expects her to return to and the darkness she refuses to admit is consuming her.

While her sister Jean finds love with Scott Summers and Xavier's School continues to welcome young mutants searching for a place to belong, Jane quietly struggles with nightmares, grief, anger, and a power that grows stronger whenever her emotions become impossible to contain.

Then Logan Howlett arrives.

Scarred, guarded, and carrying demons of his own, Logan is the school's newest professor of Defensive and Offensive Arts. He has no intention of becoming involved with Jane Grey-and Jane certainly isn't looking for anyone to get close to her.

But something between them refuses to stay buried. Neither of them knows what the other is hiding and Jane has secrets far more dangerous than heartbreak.

There are forces moving against the mutants again. People are disappearing. Enemies are watching.

Somewhere in the shadows, someone knows exactly what Jane Grey is capable of.

As old wounds reopen and new feelings begin to surface, Jane must decide whether she will continue living beneath the weight of her grief...

or finally step into the fire.

Because sometimes the greatest danger isn't the monster waiting outside the door.

Sometimes...

it's what awakens inside you when you have nothing left to lose.