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.
Lucas sat looking at the girl who was jutting her chin out stubbornly, shivering under the blanket.
"Thank you for this," she said, looking down at her bandaged feet.
"You need to warm up," he told her.
"I'm fine," she replied, becoming annoyed at his insistence, "I know I look like a kid, but I'm not. I told you before, I'm older than you."
"Then act older than me and take care of yourself," he chuckled, throwing a towel at her. "If you are not going to take a shower, you should at least dry yourself off. How did you get wet? You didn't say."
The river… she shivered more violently recalling it. "I had to jump into a river to get away from the Alpha of my old pack and this weird old man who found me."
"Where is your old pack?" he asked curiously, wondering how far it was that she had seemingly traveled through space to end up back at their fire.