After her parents found her at fifteen, Evelyn spent nine hard years trying to belong at Hart Manor.While searching for their older daughter, her parents had neglected Serena. Their guilt toward their younger daughter never went away.So whenever the sisters clashed, her parents said the same thing: Evelyn was the understanding one, so she should give in. Terrified of being abandoned again, Evelyn learned to hide her pain, solve every problem herself, and earn her place by taking care of everyone.But the pack doctor's diagnosis shattered all of that. She would lose everything that made her a werewolf, piece by piece.She asked no one in the family for help. She had decided to die with dignity before she became a burden.Outside the clinic window, the first cold rain of winter fell on Black Pine. Clouds hung low over the woods, and the night patrol's long howls drifted across the timberland. Once, the sound would have woken Lyra, the wolf inside her. Today, Lyra barely stirred deep in
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