A dryad snubbed by the forest must unite with a wolf cursed at birth to defeat the coming evil.

The evil infiltrating the world had not yet touched Rennin, but it wouldn't stay away for long. All hope rested upon the prophecy, one she believed was tied to Gant.

But when her relationship with Gant falls apart, Rennin meets a cursed werewolf who changes her entire view of the life she thought she knew. Rennin must accept her new reality and embrace her fate if she hopes to save the dryad...and herself.

Will she be able to overcome her past and fight against the darkness threatening their world? This is the origin story for Rennen and Adelram and a novella set in the Merged Series.

Fans of fantasy and adventure will be drawn in by the enchanting setting and the powerful emotions that drive the characters.

Trigger warning:
This book contains stalking, death, and self-defense that ends in death.

This novella is from the Fierce Hearts: A 2022 Charity Anthology of Romantic Fantasy & Fantasy Romance for Ukraine and has only been reformatted and had some small edits from the anthology version.