Alternate cover edition of ASIN B01D1SXTWS Her stepbrother Abrum has been dead for ten years, but Kitty Whitaker was never allowed to mourn the lonely teenage boy. So before she leaves the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains forever, she walks in the woods he’d loved so much, hoping both their spirits might finally find peace. But there’s darkness lurking in the misty hollows and it hunts her down. When a black wolf saves her life, Kitty repays the kindness, unaware that the wolf’s secrets will change her forever. Abrum Ellis learned the truth about the hollow on his stepfather’s land the hard way. Now the darkness threatens the one person who’s ever cared about him, the one person he’d do anything to protect. He knows Kitty’s vital to his very existence, she calls to him in a way he can’t control. But demons run deep in the girl he’s always loved and she can’t even look him in the eye, let alone handle his touch. When their lives collide with a motley group of animal shifters and the woman that protects them, Kitty and Abrum have to face down their pasts to live up to the promise of their tomorrow.