Hope Whitaker hasn't left her house in 3 years. Most of the townsfolk believe the attack that put 12-year-old Hope in the hospital was committed by a rabid wolf, but there are some who believe that Nathaniel Greer, one of Hope's classmates, was responsible for what happened to her. Hope is the only one who is unsure of what the real story is, because she can't remember anything about that night. At least she couldn't, until her nightmares start to become more and more real, and Nathaniel begins showing up outside of her house, calling her on the phone and begging her to come outside. Hope knows there's dangerous secrets hidden in both of their pasts, and it may turn out that the only way that she keeps herself and everyone else safe from the past that she's been fleeing from is by trusting the one person that can help her find out who she really is: the boy she is falling in love with. "throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack"