WINNER: 3rd Place, 2021 Werewolf Competition [Mature Content] After escaping suicide forest, August Moon finds that she has only gone deeper into the mysteries it holds. Lycans exist. But maybe she is something even stranger... With a clandestine experimental pandemic, a decade-old murder mystery, and a timeless prejudice against strange members within the lycan community all simmering in the periphery of her newfound surroundings, August must fight to discover her own truth alongside a fierce and possessive male who claims to be her mate.
"No, no, no," Zoe whispered to herself, hands curling around the bars she found herself behind.
This couldn't be happening. This had to be some kind of nightmare. There was no way she could be back in her old pack. Had she died while she was walking with Zagan? Was this some kind of cruel afterlife where she was bound to repeat her worst, most vulnerable moments? Was this perhaps repayment for being complicit in the tracing and capture of other alyko all these years?