Becca Swan
Seventeen-year-old Accalia has spent her entire life being told she isn't good enough. Bullied at school, mistreated at work, and abused at home, she has learned to keep her head down and survive. Her only dream is to save enough money to leave and finally build a life of her own.
Then one night, everything changes.
After running into the forest to escape the people who have made her life miserable, Accalia wakes to discover something impossible. She can run faster than any human, hear things from miles away, and, most terrifying of all, she can turn into a wolf.
But Accalia doesn't even know werewolves exist.
Then she hears a voice inside her head.
Ruby.
Her wolf is strong, protective, and knows far more than she is willing to tell Accalia. As Accalia begins to discover a world she never knew existed, she starts to realise that her strange late transformation may not be an accident.
For the first time, Accalia feels powerful. She is no longer the frightened girl everyone thought they could push around.
As Accalia learns to control Ruby and understand who she really is, she is forced to leave the life she once dreamed of escaping and find her place in a world ruled by wolves, packs, and powerful Alphas.
Years later, the girl who once believed she was worthless has become someone no one could have imagined.
But returning to the world she left behind brings old faces back into her life, including the one person who was kind to her when she had nothing to give in return.
And not everyone is happy to see her again. The past she escaped has been waiting for her. This time, Accalia isn't running away, she's ready to face it.
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