A Lycan that can’t shift is no use to anyone. I’ve made it my mission to be useful to my pack. As pack enforcer, I’m fast and strong, but when the time comes to bond with my mate, it isn’t enough. Rejection means lone wolf status and isolation from the pack. But when a package arrives with an unexpected inheritance, the pack that wants to shun me, suddenly has a new use for me. Turns out, I’m the proud owner of a house in mysterious territory, rumoured to be home to a pack of beautifully twisted shifters. Hawthorne Cove is Impregnable to Lycans, but not to a half human like me. Now I have a second chance to be accepted by my pack. All I have to do is infiltrate the Hawthorne pack, find the source of their power and steal it. Easier said than done. Because once I pass the mystical boundaries surrounding the town, I’ll be absolutely, and totally at the mercy of the wolves of Hawthorne Cove.

A mark, a Calling, and a fate I didn’t see coming. I thought surviving the Hawthorne alpha’s wrath would put an end to my trials. I was wrong. I’ve been marked, branded by mystical forces, and with no clue what’s about to happen I’m going in blind. All I know is that it will be a test of survival. All I want is to find a way out. But as the hours tick by and the Calling gets close, I’m forced to accept that maybe fate can’t always be thwarted. Sometimes the things we wish for are the very things we should be running from.

There’s a darkness inside me, and it wants to be known. I came to Hawthorne with a plan that got obliterated by revelations that forever changed me. Now the darkness threatens to claim me and the only way to stop it is to find out who I really am. The otherworldly shifters that wanted me dead will now do anything to keep me safe, but unfortunately not even my mates can protect me where I’m going. Sometimes there’s a cost to survival, and I’m about to discover mine.

I don’t regret what I did. I’d do it again. But what happens now? The relic keeping the taint at bay has fractured and it’s all my fault. As the fractures grow, it’s only a matter of time before the taint breaks free. There’s only one solution. Find the Dagda and beg him to fix what I broke. I’m about to enter a race against time. If I fail, the world as we know it will pay the price A price we can’t afford. Decisions have consequences and mine are about to bite me in the ass.

They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I’m hoping that isn’t the case for me I’m the spawn of darkness, and the news has spread, making me a target for forces designed to protect this world. I can’t be a danger to the people I love. I need to fight. I need to master the power inside me and prove I’m not the monster they believe me to be. But when the tiniest slip can unleash the darkness, every choice matters. I just hope I make the right ones.