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.
"I'll help you. Andreas was supposed to take care of me, and he didn't. He left me. So I'm leaving him in the only way I can," Zoe's eyes stung with the words that were so true and pathetic. She knew they sounded pathetic, but what else did she have in this world other than to rely on the elder? Who knew what would become of her after this, but this was the next step.
"Are you comfortable with Lucas staying with you here until Samhain?" August asked as gently as she could. She heard Greta snort nearby at the concern she was giving the still unidentified creature that was Zoe, but even in light of everything Zoe had done there was a need for compassion here. August wasn't blind to it.